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A skink is a LIZARD of the family Scincidae,
a large family of about 700 species found
throughout the tropics and subtropics. The
body is usually long and the legs are
reduced. Some skinks are legless and rather
snakelike. Many are good burrowers, or can
`swim' through sand, like the sandfish genus
Scincus of North Africa. Some skinks lay
eggs, others bear live young.
Subject by: Amanda Gibbon