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Tytthoscincus
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Tytthoscincus is a genus of skinks. Originally defined to include a few species from the Philippines, the genus now includes many species from South-East Asia in general.
==Description== Tytthoscincus are small skinks, usually less than in snout–vent length. The temporal scales are small and of same size and shape as the lateral body scales (as opposed to being enlarged and shield-like). The digits are small.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tytthoscincus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.