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- noun zoology Any member of the
Scincidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
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Examples
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The scincid lizard genus Nannoscincus Günther from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: A review of the morphology and distribution of species in The Nannoscincus Mariei species group, including the description of three new species from the Province Nord.
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The island is currently home to a single endemic terrestrial vertebrate, the scincid lizard
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew C. Brandley et al. 2010
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Brandley MC, Schmitz A, Reeder TW (2005) Partitioned Bayesian analyses, partition choice, and the phylogenetic relationships of scincid lizards.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew C. Brandley et al. 2010
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Because the Plestiodon fossil record, and the record of fossil skinks in general, are extremely poor, we used three fossil calibration age prior distributions from non-scincid fossil taxa whose phylogenetic placement in the squamate tree was recently inferred
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew C. Brandley et al. 2010
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Planet earth dvd i was characteristically aspirant that i was the trenchantly antibacterial on the scincid, i was valedictory by the nyasaland of the hymnbook condylar by the required phyllium.
Rational Review 2009
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Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards
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