lygosomine

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adjective

Any skink belonging to the subfamily Lygosominae.

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Meanings

adjectivelygosomine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyAny skink belonging to the subfamily Lygosominae.

    In both these studies, the lygosomine skinks examined had a diploid number of 2n = 30.

    1979, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, volume 6, number 3, page 609
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    Not all of the wholly viviparous lygosomine genera are likely to represent independent origins of viviparity; some may have inherited viviparity from a live-bearing ancestor.

    2004, D. R. Khanna, Biology of Reptiles, page 221

    The agamid Physignathus lesueurii is at least semi-aquatic as are four members of the Australian lygosomine skink genus Eulamprus (E. quoyii, E. leuraensis, E. kosciuskoi, E. tympanum).

    2008, E. V. Balian, C. Lévêque, H. Segers, Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment, page 584
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