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Lygosoma
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Translingual
thumb|A Bowring's supple skink (Lygosoma bowringii species) from Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
Etymology
From mul λύγος grc something bendy, a bendable twig -soma body from mul grc σῶμα, likely named due to the bending or winding posture skinks of this genus can take due to their long bodies.
mul Q2543258 and mul 1 Q191963 1827.
Pronunciation
English: lī′-gə-sō′-mə
en US /ˌlaɪ.ɡəˈsoʊ.mə/
en əʊmə 4
Proper noun
1 n
genus family Scincidae the supple skink s or writhing skink s of the Indomalayan realm.
See also
Q1764419 1
mul Scincomorph lizards