Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sphenops is a genus of skinks found in the Sahara region of Africa. Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall l ...Täielik kirjeldus
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sphenops is a genus of skinks found in the Sahara region of Africa. Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards). Scincidae is the second largest of the lizard families (after the geckos) with about 1200 species. Skinks look roughly like true lizards, but most species have no pronounced neck and sport relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., Typhlosaurus) have no limbs at all; others, such as Neoseps, have only reduced limbs. Often, their way of moving resembles that of snakes more than that of other lizards.