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.