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Bayon's Skink
Sepsina bayonii
Sepsina bayonii, also known commonly as Bayon's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa and Southern Africa.
From the article Sepsina bayonii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
S. bayonii has no front legs. Each back leg is very small, tapering, and ends in a claw. The largest specimen measured by Boulenger had a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.1 cm (2.8 in), a tail length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in), and a hind leg length of 0.4 cm (0.16 in).
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. bayonii is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
In human culture
The specific name, bayonii, is in honor of Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, a Portuguese planter in Angola, who collected the holotype.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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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 37631.