LINED SKINK Aspronema dorsivittata
Skinks are a distinctive almost cosmopolitan family of cylindrical bodied or slightly flattened lizards. This is an uncommon species of grassland areas. It can be instantly distinguished from the other Paraguayan species by the pair of longitudinal white lines running along the sides of the body.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP101PH) Adult lateral, Departamento Ñeembucú (Sylvia Centrón undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP102PH) Same individual dorsal (Sylvia Centrón undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP103PH) Same individual head detail (Sylvia Centrón undated).
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FIGURE 2
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