Algerian Three-toed Skink
Chalcides mertensi
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
The Algerian three-toed skink is a species of "grass-swimming skink", a lizard in the subfamily Scincinae of the family Scincidae. The species has an elongated serpentine shape and reduced limbs. It is native to north-western Africa.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Chalcides