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travertin.bsky.social
Italienische Erzschleiche, Walzenskinke (Chalcides chalcides)
📷Vittorio Ricci
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August 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
chikichanka.bsky.social
Hoy vinieron a vacilar de piel tersa y brillante
Eslizón ibérico
Chalcides bedriagai
July 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
tonygamble.eurosky.social
It’s a hot dog with legs! Meet the Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus). A widespread species that lives across North Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East into Central and South Asia. If I had to describe this species in one word it would be cylindrical.
#Skinktober #Herpetology 🧪🦎
Close up photo of an Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus) facing left on a sand substrate. Photo of 3 Ocellated Skinks (Chalcides ocellatus) facing left on a sand substrate and long grass. There are rocks in the background.
October 15, 2024 at 2:04 AM
missmalina.bsky.social
sono un sauretto fortunato 🎶
perché mi hanno regalato un giorno 🎵
sono fortunato senza più quel gatto sempre intorno 🎶
yet another Chalcides Ocellatus saved from a cruel feline
April 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
doc-brock.bsky.social
Subway skink ! (Chalcides ocellatus)
Everyone loves a skink. Chalcides occelatus chillin under a slab of marble at the metro station 🚉 🦎
May 11, 2024 at 2:59 PM
sagaoptics.bsky.social
Ocelles (simple eyes) of a small wasp (approx. 2-2.5mm) probably from the family Pteromalidae, a superfamily of chalcid wasps.

#wasp #chalcid #chalcides #chalcidwasp #chalcidwasps #insects #hymenoptera #entomology #wasps #wespe #wespen
March 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
ethankocak.com
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Wedge Snouted Skink - Chalcides Sepsoides More Skink by Two Amigos Import & Export
More Skink Morph: Wedge Snouted Skink - Chalcides Sepsoides, Sex: ?, juvenile, Prey: live livecricket, Price: $60, Seller: Two Amigos Import & Export, Last Updated: 09/05/24, Animal ID: 0745WSNS.
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September 23, 2024 at 7:10 PM
kristalerista.bsky.social
Linnaeus was going for similarity rather than relatedness, so he put snakes, legless lizards and caecelians together in “Serpentes”

He put blind snakes with legless lizards in “Anguis” and separated amphisbaenians out into “Amphisbaena”

Interestingly, limb reduced lizards went in normal lizards
This black and white noodle with no eyelids and a rounded snout was named Anguis reticulata by Linnaeus but is now Typhlops reticulatus Anguis fragilis is a brown tube with eyes and eyelids. Seen here with its tongue out. This black and white checkered sausage my noodle is Amphisbaena fuliginosa Chalcides Chalcides, an elongate lizard with a small arm that has three miniscule fingers on it.
November 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
plesnercph.bsky.social
🦎Ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus).

Max size 30 cm (11.8").

Found in southern Europe eastwards from Italy as well as in northern Africa, the Middle East and Asia as far east as India and Sri Lanka.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷 by wirestock on Freepik
A mostly brown lizard with tiny legs is looking at something below and to left of the camera. It has a dark line running from the tip of the nose, through the eye and down the side. Above the dark line, a cream-coloured line can be seen. Dark spots can be seen within the cream-coloured line. On its sides there are lots of tiny white spots.
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
plesnercph.bsky.social
🦎Ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus).

Max size 30 cm (11.8").

Found in southern Europe eastwards from Italy as well as in northern Africa, the Middle East and Asia as far east as India and Sri Lanka.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷 by Wallner on Pixabay
A mostly sand-coloured lizard with tiny legs is sitting on sandy grown looking the to left in the picture. On its back and sides it is covered in black spots, many of which has smaller white spots within. The belly and throat are a light brown and white. The tail is mostly a light reddish brown with a few black and white markings.
May 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
nhm.org
A recent discovery stemming from an iNaturalist observation could provide greater understanding of how non-native species are showing up in Southern California—and how to protect the region from them: bit.ly/iNewSkink
While the ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus) supposedly comes from the Mediterranean, years of humans moving the animal through the region make its origins difficult to pin down.
April 24, 2024 at 11:49 PM
gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social
Eslizón ibérico (Chalcides bedriagai) muerto en las dunas de l'Albufera de València.
Aunque es un reptil difícil de observar, hay muy pocas citas aquí de la especie, a pesar de ser uno de los lugares valencianos más frecuentados por naturalistas. ¿Será por que la mayoría de ellos miran hacia arriba?
March 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
ryujitakahashi.bsky.social
Chalcides striatus
December 12, 2024 at 1:09 AM
nhm.org
With more than 1,500 described species, skinks are one of the most diverse families of lizards, and we can now say that 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, the ocellated skink from the Mediterranean is calling Southern California home: bit.ly/iNewSkink
While the ocellated skink supposedly comes from the Mediterranean, years of humans moving the animal through the region make its origins difficult to pin down. Image courtesy of Wikimedia.
May 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM
jnmego.bsky.social
🔎 ¿Cómo diferenciar Chalcides chalcides de Chalcides bedriagai?

🦎 C. chalcides: 3 dedos, cuerpo más alargado, en Italia, Francia y NE de la Península Ibérica.
🦎 C. bedriagai: 5 dedos, cuerpo menos alargado, endémico de la Península Ibérica y norte de Marruecos.

¡Clave: cuenta los dedos! ✅
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
missmalina.bsky.social
Chalcides Ocellatus (noto gòngilo), un endemismo isolano
April 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
mononomoto.bsky.social
Si no me fallan las cuentas, existen en el territorio hispanohablante europeo once especies de eslizones —género /Chalcides/—: dos más extendidas en la península ibérica, cuatro endemismos canarios —conocidos allí como lisas—, y cinco más que se adentran en Ceuta y Melilla.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
somuchpingle.bsky.social
Good morning! An Ocellated Skink (Chalcides ocellatus) from the Evia region of Greece. The smooth scales and robust body remind me of the Great Plains Skinks (Plestiodon obsoletus) I see in Kansas and elsewhere. Both species inhabit grasslands with rocks and loose soil. #herps
A heavy-bodied lizard in center frame, on brown soil. The front third of the body faces the left, while the rear two thirds is in the center, going away from the camera. The ground color of the body is a light brown, with a tesselated pattern of black and white scales. The scales are smooth, giving the lizard a shiny appearance. The head is brown on the top, while the upper and lower scales lining the mouth are alternating black and white. The limbs are short but strong.
November 14, 2024 at 4:07 PM
swarmofthoughts.bsky.social
Lisa Gran Canaria (Chalcides sexlineatus) una Lisa endemica de canarias, ya amaenazada por gatos ferales y culebras introducidas. / Gran Canaria skink (Chalcides sexlineatus) endemic skink from Gran Canaria now endangered by invasive snakes and feral cats #Natura #Bichos #Reptiles #Herping
Gran Canaria skink (head only) protruding from the rock fissure View of the mountains, fields and grooves of palms at Gran Canaria View of the mountains, fields and grooves of palms at Gran Canaria
July 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
elosgo.eurosky.social
Eh, este bicho es un primo evolutivo de las lisas canarias, el género Chalcides.
May 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
mononomoto.bsky.social
Esta aplicación de @ahegalicia.bsky.social permite acceder a la ubicación aproximada de cada una de ellas en España, incluyendo las que penetran en las dos ciudades autónomas desde sus territorios en el norte de África: siare.herpetologica.es/datos-herpet....
Captura de pantalla con el mapa de distribución de /Chalcides striatus/ en territorio español según el mapa de distribución de especies de la Base de datos de anfibios y reptiles de España de la Asociación Herpetológica Española.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
mononomoto.bsky.social
Matando así dos pájaros de un tiro, se reforzaba al mismo tiempo su independencia de la especie de la que hasta hace unos años se consideraba subespecie: el también tridáctilo eslizón común —/C. chalcides/—, distribuido en torno a la península itálica.
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
mononomoto.bsky.social
Ante especies tan similares que no se han separado taxonómicamente hasta hace poco, el área de distribución parece un recurso aceptable a la hora de describirlas de forma común. Y la de nuestro eslizón ibérico de hoy ocupa fundamentalmente la península en cuestión.
Recorte de la ficha correspondiente a /Chalcides striatus/ en el «Atlas y libro rojo de los anfibios y reptiles de España» mostrando la distribución de la especie en la España peninsular y, más en pequeño, en la península ibérica y el litoral mediterráneo francés.
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
kristalerista.bsky.social
In doing a quick literature search , it looks like there are Chalcides species that have been bed in captivity, but even then, their breeding behavior has been cryptic. It looks like mating happens in late spring/early summer and males biting females is involved in the process.
September 23, 2024 at 9:12 PM
riccardoaledda.bsky.social
Non sono facili da vedere soprattutto se non vivi in Sardegna o in Sicilia.
Il gongilo (Chalcides ocellatus) è un piccolo sauro diffuso in tutto il bacino del Mediterraneo. In Italia è presente in Sardegna e in Sicilia
May 22, 2026 at 7:15 PM