The short-limbed supple skink or Linnaeus's writhing skink (Lygosoma quadrupes) is a species of skink which is found widely in southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Salayar), and the Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands)).[1]
Lygosoma quadrupes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lygosoma |
Species: | L. quadrupes
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Binomial name | |
Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Synonyms | |
Anguis quadrupes Linnaeus, 1766 |
References
edit- ^ Lygosoma quadrupes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 January 2015.