Ateuchosaurus chinensis

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Ateuchosaurus chinensis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ateuchosaurus
Species:
A. chinensis
Binomial name
Ateuchosaurus chinensis
JE Gray, 1845

Ateuchosaurus chinensis, the Chinese short-limbed skink or Chinese ateuchosaurus, is a species of skink. It is found in China and Vietnam.[2]

Description

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The Chinese short-limbed skink has an elongated body, with a

pentadactyl limbs, with the fingers and toes being widely separated when adpressed. The snout is short and obtuse. The animal has a brownish color with a cream or yellowish white underside, and black and white spots on its flanks.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This skink is endemic to Vietnam and southern and central China. In Vietnam, it was originally known only from Mau Son Mountains,

mixed forests of bamboo and wooden trees.[3]

Behavior

Diet

The Chinese short-limbed skink is

Nan'ao Island, and a male collected at the same location contained orthopteran eggs.[5]

Reproduction

This skink is

rainy season.[3]

Research

The complete

rRNA genes, and a control region (D-loop).[6]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T96250633A96250639.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ateuchosaurus chinensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Nguyen, Truong; Tung, T. T.; Ngoc, H. Van; Böhme, Wolfgang (January 2008). "Rediscovery and redescription of Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845 (squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from northeastern Vietnam". Herpetology Notes. 1 (1): 17–21.
  4. ISBN 9789627849056
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    ISSN 0079-4295
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  6. PMID 33796713
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