Additional Resources

Extra reading in case you want more information about sandfish skinks! Many of these resources were used in the creation of this guide.

Research Papers

Attum O, Covell C, Eason P. The comparative diet of three Saharan sand dune skinks. African Journal of Herpetology. 2004;53(1):91–94. doi:10.1080/21564574.2004.9635501
Attum, O., Eason, P., & Cobbs, G. (2007). Morphology, niche segregation, and escape tactics in a sand dune lizard community. Journal of Arid Environments, 4, 564–573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.07.010
Cerny R. Care and breeding of the skink Scincus scincus cucullatus Chov a odchov scinka Scincus scincus cucullatus. Akvarium Terarium, 423: 54-56. 1999;423:54–56.
Hetherington TE. Use of vibratory cues for detection of insect prey by the sandswimming lizard Scincus scincus. Animal Behaviour. 1989;37:290–297. doi:10.1016/0003-3472(89)90118-8
Kugler H. Gedarken zur Halting von Apothekerskink (Scincus scincus ssp.). Aqua Terra. 1967;4:79–80.
Naish D. Sandfishes and kin: of sand-swimming, placentation, and limb and digit reduction (skinks part III). Scientific American. 2014;Tetrapod Zoology.
Paray BA, Al-Mfarij AR, Al-Sadoon MK. 2018. Food habits of the Arabian skink, Scincus hemprichii Wiegmann , 1837, (Sauria: Scincidae), in the Southwest Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 25:90–93.
Paulduro E, Krabbe-Paulduro U. Captive breeding of the sandfish, Scincus scincus Linnaeus, 1758 Nachzucht des Apothekerskinks Scincus scincus Linnaeus, 1758. Sauria. (201):19–24.
Purser PA. 2003. Scincus scincus the sandfish skink. Reptilia (GB) December:51–54.
Stadler AT, Vihar B, Günther M, Huemer M, Riedl M, Shamiyeh S, Mayrhofer B, Böhme W, Baumgartner W. Adaptation to life in aeolian sand: how the sandfish lizard,Scincus scincus, prevents sand particles from entering its lungs. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 2016;219(22):3597–3604. doi:10.1242/jeb.138107
Wahrman J. 1956. On the skink (Scincus scincus) in Israel. Mada 1:47.

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