The white-spotted supple skink (Riopa albopunctata) is a species of diurnal, terrestrial, insectivorous skink found in parts of tropical Asia. This species was first described by John Edward Gray based on type specimen collected by T. C. Jerdon from Madras, in the Coromandel Coast of South India.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of White-spotted Supple Skink being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Subdoluseps bowringii
- Calyptotis scutirostrum
- Panaspis maculicollis
- Lankascincus fallax
- Scincella assata
- Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Riopa
- Species
- Riopa albopunctata
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