Species group · Reptiles

Skinks

WAnimals has 2 species of skink, in the family Scincidae.

2 species

1 family

14 countries

33 parks

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of skinks on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Italian Three-toed Skink

Chalcides chalcides

Bedriaga's Skink

Chalcides bedriagai

1 Least Concern1 Near Threatened

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 14 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Its four tiny legs have only three toes each.
From Italian Three-toed Skink
It is one of the few European skinks that is entirely live-bearing.
From Italian Three-toed Skink
More than half its length is tail.
From Italian Three-toed Skink
It eats insects, spiders, slugs and woodlice.
From Bedriaga's Skink
It lives on sandy ground with scattered vegetation and good cover in the Iberian Peninsula.
From Bedriaga's Skink
Its limbs are so reduced that they are barely visible as it moves.
From Bedriaga's Skink