Chalcides bedriagai, commonly known as Bedriaga's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It usually lives in sandy areas with sparse vegetation and good ground cover. It can also live in open woodland and burrow into loose soil. Females of the species give birth to live young. This skink is active during day and dusk, and it is very timid. It may reach about 16 cm (6.3 in) in total length (including tail), and it has five digits on each foot. It preys on insects, spiders, slugs, and woodlice.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Bedriaga's 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
- Chalcides viridanus
- Ablepharus budaki
- Panaspis wahlbergii
- Panaspis maculicollis
- Ablepharus kitaibelii
- Chalcides coeruleopunctatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Chalcides
- Species
- Chalcides bedriagai
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