- The
Solomon Islands skink (
Corucia zebrata), also
known as prehensile-tailed skink, monkey-tailed skink,
giant skink,
zebra skink, and
monkey skink, is...
- 12 cm (4+1⁄2 in),
although some grow larger; the
Solomon Islands skink (
Corucia zebrata) is the
largest known extant species and may
attain a snout-to-vent...
-
Islands skinks (
Corucia spp), long term
bonding of
pairs with each
other and
other members has been recorded. In the case of
Corucia,
orphaned young have...
-
similar behaviour is also
known in the
related Solomon Islands skink (
Corucia zebrata). The
latter means that the high
intelligence and
social skills...
-
Certain lizards also
employ this
method such as the
genera Tiliqua and
Corucia. The
placenta is
attached directly to the
mother in
these lizards which...
- are
ovoviviparous but
others such as
members of the
genera Tiliqua and
Corucia, give
birth to live
young that
develop internally,
deriving their nourishment...
- blue as in humans,
autosomal recessive eye
color in the
skink species Corucia zebrata is black, and the
autosomal dominant color is yellow-green. As...
-
prehensile tail. Prehensile-tailed skink.
Several kinds of
skink (e.g.
Corucia zebrata) have
partially prehensile tails. Chameleons. Snakes. Many snakes...
- 1845) – Land
mullet Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
Corucia Gray, 1855
Corucia zebrata Gray, 1855
Cyclodomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 Cyclodomorphus...
- (4.7 in). The
largest member of this family, the
Solomon Islands skink (
Corucia zebrata), can grow to the
length of 81 cm (32 in), a SVL of 35 cm (13.8 in)...
