Ateuchosaurus
Ateuchosaurus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) containing only 2 species. It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae. This group seems to be paraphyletic however, and the present genus is apparently not closely related to most or all of them. Rather, it seems to be slightly closer to Acontias; it might either belong into the Acontinae or, as it seems to be quite distinct from Acontias too, into a not yet established novel and...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Chinese Ateuchosaurus
speciesAteuchosaurus chinensis
Ryukyu short-legged skink
speciesAteuchosaurus okinavensis
Ryukyu Short-legged Skink
speciesAteuchosaurus pellopleurus
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37338.