Poole, Karen E.
Mochlus
Sign in to saveMochlus is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The genus is endemic to Africa.
Species
Bowring’s Supple Skink
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
Observations948
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
Mochlus – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Lygosominae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 124
- Family
- Scincidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Dr Congo, Tanzania, Zambia
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Lygosominae
- Image
- Mochlus sundevallii sundevallii, Sundevall's Writhing Skink, photographed in the Soutpansberg, Limpopo, South Africa..jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mochlus is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The genus is endemic to Africa.
==Description== Skinks of the genus Mochlus are cylindrical in shape and robust. They get the common name "writhing skinks" from the side-to-side movement that they make when held in the hand.
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