The short-limbed supple skink or Linnaeus's writhing skink (Lygosoma quadrupes) is a species of skink which is found widely in southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Salayar), and the Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands)).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Linnaeus' Writhing 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
- Lygosoma siamense
- Glaphyromorphus punctulatus
- Hemiergis talbingoensis
- Saiphos equalis
- Hemiergis quadrilineatus
- Bachia trinitatis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Lygosoma
- Species
- Lygosoma quadrupes
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