Brown skink

Japanese: スベトカゲ - すべとかげ(英語表記)brown skink
Brown skink

A general term for lizards belonging to the order Squamata, family Skinks, subfamily Lygosominae, class Reptilia. More than 170 species of this subfamily Lygosominae are distributed throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America. They are small, about 10 to 30 centimeters in length, with smooth body scales. Their bodies are cylindrical and slender, and in some cases the limbs have degenerated into fins. There are three genera and four species distributed in Japan, of which the lower eyelids of the Sakishima lizard Scincella boettgeri found in the Yaeyama Islands and the Tsushima lizard S. vandenburghi found on Tsushima Island are partly made up of transparent membranous scales called "windows." The Hemi-black Skink Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus is widely distributed throughout the Ryukyu Islands. It is a small species, about 12 centimeters in length.

[Takahiro Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

爬虫(はちゅう)綱有鱗(ゆうりん)目スキンク科スベトカゲ亜科に属するトカゲの総称。この亜科Lygosominaeの仲間は、アジア、アフリカ、オーストラリア、北アメリカに170種以上が分布し、全長10~30センチメートルほどと小形で体鱗が滑らかである。胴は円筒状で細長く、一部では四肢が退化してひれ状となる。日本には3属4種が分布し、そのうち八重山(やえやま)列島産のサキシマスベトカゲScincella boettgeriと対馬(つしま)産ツシマスベトカゲS. vandenburghiの下眼瞼(がんけん)の一部は、透明な膜質の鱗(うろこ)である「窓」discとなっている。ヘリグロヒメトカゲAteuchosaurus pellopleurusは南西諸島に広く分布している。全長が12センチメートルほどの小形な種である。

[松井孝爾]

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