#1588 · 🦎 reptiles

Bedriaga's Skink

🇳🇱 Spaanse Parelskink ·Chalcides bedriagai

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

Chalcides bedriagai , commonly known as Bedriaga's skink , is a species of lizard endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It usually lives in sandy areas with sparse vegetation and good ground cover. It can also live in open woodland and burrow into loose soil. Females of the species give birth to live young. It has at least one major subspecies, Chalcides bedriagai pistaciae . These skinks are active during day and dusk, and they are very timid. They reach...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 734iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).