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Scincopus fasciatus
Peters' Banded Skink
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilySkinks
GenusScincopus
- English name
- Peters' Banded Skink
- Alternative names
- Banded Skink, Giant Sandfish, Peter's Banded Skink, Peters's Banded Skink
- Synonyms
- Cyclodus brandtii, Scincus (Scincopus) fasciatus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Desert, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 213 mm
- Body mass
- max 245.5 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 38 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 5.3 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Foraging mode
- Active
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 4–5 individuals
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 4VK4J · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 18520 · dryad-v5