石龍子

爬行動物的一科
(重定向自石龍子科

石龍子泛指石龍子科Scincidae)的蜥蜴,共有1300多種,在臺灣經常被稱為四腳蛇,某些品種在香港被稱為草龍。[1] 石龍子和蜥蜴科大致相似,但大多數物種沒有明顯的頸部,且它們的腿相對較小。通常情況下,石龍子的運動方式類似於的滑行。

石龍子
西部藍舌蜥蜴
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界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行綱 Reptilia
目: 有鳞目 Squamata
亚目: 石龙子亚目 Scincomorpha
总科: 石龍子總科 Scincoidea
科: 石龍子科 Scincidae
Gray, 1825
亞科

石龍子一般食肉,主要是吃昆蟲,包括蟋蟀蝗蟲甲蟲、和毛蟲。它們也吃蚯蚓千足蟲蝸牛蛞蝓等足類動物。

下级分类

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本科包括以下属:[2]

參考文獻

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  1. ^ Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan. Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species (PDF). Zootaxa. 2013, 3701 (5): 473–517 [2016-11-11]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2016-03-03). 
  2. ^ Scincidae. GBIF. [2022-09-17]. (原始内容存档于2022-11-13). 
  3. ^ Wells, Richard W., and C. Ross Wellington, 1985: A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplement Series, vol. 1. 1-64.
  4. ^ Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray and Akshay Khandekar. 2024. A Non-adaptive Radiation of Viviparous Skinks from the Seasonal Tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of A New Genus and Five Cryptic New Species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 23-83. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e110674
  5. ^ Juan D. Daza, Edward L. Stanley, Matthew P. Heinicke, Chuck Leah, Daniel S. Doucet, Kelsey L. Fenner, J. Salvador Arias, Ru D. A. Smith, Adolf M. Peretti, Nyi Nyi Aung and Aaron M. Bauer. 2024. Compound Osteoderms preserved in Amber reveal the Oldest Known Skink. Scientific Reports. 14, 15662. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66451-w
  6. ^ 6.0 6.1 Aurélien Miralles, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences. 2016. Species Delimitation Methods Put Into Taxonomic Practice: Two New Madascincus Species formerly allocated to Historical Species Names (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 92(2); 257-275. DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.9945
  7. ^ DATTA-ROY, A., MOHAPATRA, P.P., DUTTA, S. K., GIRI, V.B., VEERAPPAN, D., MADDOCK, S.T., RAJ, P., AGARWAL, I. & KARANTH, P. 2013. A long-lost relic from the Eastern Ghats: Morphology, distribution and habitat of Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa. 3670 (1): 055–062.

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