石龙子

爬行動物的一科

石龙子泛指石龙子科Scincidae)的蜥蜴,共有1300多种,在台湾经常被称为四脚蛇,某些品种在香港被称为草龙。[1] 石龙子和蜥蜴科大致相似,但大多数物种没有明显的颈部,且它们的腿相对较小。通常情况下,石龙子的运动方式类似于的滑行。

石龙子
西部蓝舌蜥蜴
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行纲 Reptilia
目: 有鳞目 Squamata
亚目: 石龙子亚目 Scincomorpha
总科: 石龙子总科 Scincoidea
科: 石龙子科 Scincidae
Gray, 1825
亚科

石龙子一般食肉,主要是吃昆虫,包括蟋蟀蝗虫甲虫、和毛虫。它们也吃蚯蚓千足虫蜗牛蛞蝓等足类动物。

下级分类

本科包括以下属:[2]

参考文献

  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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