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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
Observations recorded940
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 401
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Scincidae
- Collections
- CAS, CM
- Recorded in
- Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Eumeces schneideri
- Commons category
- Eumeces schneideri
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
Eumeces schneiderii, commonly known as Schneider's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa. There are five recognized subspecies.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eumeces schneideri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.