Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae - 7 genera depicted (out of around 160 genera and 1500 species)

Species on page

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) (formerly Eumeces skiltonianus)

White's skink (Liopholis whitii)

Striped Tree skink (Apterygodon vittatum)

Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)

Common bluetongue skink(Tiliqua scincoides)

Gravenhorst's Mabuya (Trachylepis gravenhorstii)

Kalahari tree skink (Trachylepsis spilogaster)

Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)

Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)

Maasai snake-eyed skink (Panaspis massaiensis)

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)

Western skink

Juvenile western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Jasper Ridge
March 23, 2013

Western skink

Juvenile western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Jasper Ridge
March 23, 2013

Skink

Older western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Stanford Dish
April 24, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Handy reptile

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Jasper Ridge
April 3, 2014

When skinks approach infinity

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Getting a skink a day

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Skink

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Stanford Dish
May 1, 2025
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Skink

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Stanford Dish
May 1, 2025
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Bob with skink

Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Bob
Stanford Dish
May 1, 2025
Pixel 9 Pro XL

White's skink, (Liopholis whitii)

Think skink

White's skink, (Liopholis whitii)
Tasmania
April 2, 2012

Skink skinking

White's skink, (Liopholis whitii)
Tasmania
April 2, 2012

Predation - reptile style

Striped Tree Skink (Apterygodon vittatum)
Borneo

Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)

Big skink

Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Australia
August 23, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

On the attack

Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Australia
August 23, 2015

Bleh

Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Australia
August 23, 2015

Common bluetongue skink(Tiliqua scincoides)

Common bluetongue skink(Tiliqua scincoides)
Kelley Park
May 10, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Skink

Trachylepis gravenhorstii
Madagascar
July, 2013

Kalahari tree skink (Trachylepsis spilogaster)

Skink

Kalahari tree skink (Trachylepsis spilogaster)
Family: Scincidae
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)

Skink camouflaged

Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)
Family: Scincidae
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 10, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)

Skink

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
Family: Scincidae
Masai Mara, kenya
July 18, 2008
Canon rebel XSi

Skink

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
Family: Scincidae
Masai Mara, kenya
July 18, 2008
Canon rebel XSi

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)

Skinky

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Lake Manyara, Tanzania
June 23, 2002
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)

Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Borneo
April 2, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

Maasai snake-eyed skink (Panaspis massaiensis)

Golden skink skink

Maasai snake-eyed skink (Panaspis massaiensis)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
August 7, 2004
Arusha, Tanzania

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