Wildlifeof China
Indian Forest Skink
Skinks & Lacertids
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Sphenomorphus indicus
Basic stats
Range
Southern China (Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan, east Xizang, north to Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu), Taiwan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
The Indian forest skink (Sphenomorphus indicus) is a skink of southern China, where it ranges across Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan and eastern Xizang north to Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu, and of Taiwan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
It is lacertiform, with a short, obtuse snout and a nearly vertical loreal region; the ear opening is oval and smaller than the eye opening, with no auricular lobules. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- Where is the Indian Forest Skink found?
- Southern China (Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Sichuan, east Xizang, north to Henan, Shaanxi and Gansu), Taiwan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam