Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)

Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)

Subdoluseps bowringii, or Bowring's supple skink, is a native Southeast Asian skink lizard species.

Family
Genus
Subdoluseps
Order
Class
Squamata

About Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)

Subdoluseps bowringii has several common names: Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink. It is a species of lizard that belongs to the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. This species is native to Southeast Asia. Its documented geographic range includes West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; the Andaman Islands of India, the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines; Indonesia's Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and unconfirmed presence in Sumatra; Hong Kong (China), Singapore, India, Bangladesh, and Indochina extending west to Myanmar (also called Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia; as well as the Cook Islands and Christmas Island in Australia. Its type locality is Hong Kong.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Scincidae Subdoluseps

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