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Scincus officinalis
Skink Skink, n. [L. scincus, Gr. ????.] [Written also scink.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincid[ae], common in the warmer parts of all the continents. Note: The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the blue-tailed skink (E. fasciatus) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard (Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United States.

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- Scincus scincus, also commonly known as the sandfish skink, common sandfish or common skink, is a species of skink notable for its burrowing or swimming...
- a hot and dry climate. Species in the genus Scincus can be found from Arabia to the Sahara desert. Scincus is the type genus of the subfamily Scincinae...
- rustamowi. The typical habitat of T. scincus is deserts and semi-arid areas, sand dunes and gravel plains. T. scincus is nocturnal and digs itself a deep...
- Scincus albifasciatus is a species of lizard which is found in Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria, and Western Sahara. Wagner, P.; Wilms, T.; Niagate, B.; Böhme...
- Scincus conirostris, a type of sandfish skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family, Scincidae, found in Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United...
- Anderson J (1871). "Description of a New Species of Scincus ". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1871: 115–116. (Scincus mitr****, new species). Boulenger GA (1887)....
- Duméril & Bibron, 1836 Var**** griseus griseus De Lisle, 1996 Var**** scincus Merrem, 1820 Var**** terrestris Schinz, 1834 Var**** (Psammosaurus) griseus...
- punctatum), Scincus multifasciatus Kuhl, 1820, Scincus trilineatus Schneider, 1801, Scincus quinquetaeniatus Lichtenstein, 1823, Scincus agilis Raddi...
- noctua (Lesson, 1826) as Scincus noctua (moth skink) Var**** douarrha (Lesson, 1830) Emoia atrocostata (Lesson, 1830) as Scincus atrocostatus (mangrove...
- continens...Scincos... Frommann. Jena. vi + 364 pp. + Plates I.- II. (Scincus laticeps, pp. 189–190.) Smith, H.M., and E.D. Brodie, Jr. 1982. Reptiles...