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Scincus scincus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Scincidae
genus
Scincus
species
Scincus scincus

Name

Synonyms
Lacerta scincus Linnaeus, 1758
Lacerta stincus Linnaeus
Scincus deserti Haas, 1957
Scincus meccensis Wiegmann, 1837
Scincus officinalis Laurenti, 1768
Scincus officinalis lineolata Werner
Scincus officinalis var. cucullata Werner, 1914
Homonyms
Scincus scincus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Apotekarskink in Swedish
Apotekerskink in Norwegian Bokmål
Apothekerskink in German
Apothekerskink in German
Apothekersskink in Dutch
Burrowing Sand Skink in English
Common Sandfish in English
Common Skink in English
Desert Skink in English
Egyptian Skink in English
Eskinko arrunt in Basque
Hiekkaskinkki in Finnish
Meerstinz in German
Pesce delle sabbie in Italian
Pez de arena in Spanish
Poisson de sable in French
Sand Fish in English
Sand Skink in English
Sandfish Skink in English
Sandfish Skink in English
Sandfish Skink in English
Scinco delle sabbie in Italian
Scinque des boutiques in French
Scinque des sables in French
Scinque officinal in French
Scynk aptekarski in Polish
Stinzeidechse in German
Séiyiʼ oołkǫ́ǫłii noodǫ́zígíí in Navajo
scink obecný in Czech
Аптечний сцинк in Ukrainian
Аптечный сцинк in Russian
Обыкновенный сцинк in Russian
חומט מצרי in Hebrew
חומט רפואי in Hebrew
سقنقور سمكة الرمال in Arabic
سمكة الرمال in Arabic
จิ้งเหลนทรายธรรมดา in Thai
サンドフィッシュスキンク in Japanese
도루묵도마뱀 in Korean
샌드피시 스킨크 in Korean
Common Skink in English
Sandfish Skink in English
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