Species of Thailand
Korat supple skink
Lygosoma koratense
Malcolm Arthur Smith, 1917
In Thai: จิ้งเหลนเรียวโคราช
The Korat supple skink or Koraten writhing skink (Lygosoma koratense) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is endemic to Thailand.
It can live in many different environments, including montane evergreen rainforests and low limestone hills, and also intensively cultivated and degraded areas.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Lacertilia
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Lygosoma
- Species
- Lygosoma koratense
Common names
- German: Korat-Laubskink
- English: Koraten writhing skink
- Thai: จิ้งเหลนเรียวโคราช
Synonyms
- Lygosoma koratense, Peter Geissler et al. (2012)
- Riopa koratense, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
- Lygosoma khoratense (Riopa khoratense), Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
- Riopa koratense, Edward Harrison Taylor (1963)
- Riopa koratense, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1935)
- Lygosoma koratense, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1917)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Saraburi Province
- Sikhio District, Nakhon Ratchasima