#skink__scincid__scincidlizard  alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
  supertype:  lizard  relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
  subtype:  western_skink  mountain_skink
  member of:  family_Scincidae__Scincidae  skinks
     member of:  suborder_Sauria__Sauria__Lacertilia__suborder_Lacertilia  true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
        member of:  order_Squamata__Squamata  diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
           member of:  subclass_Lepidosauria__Lepidosauria  diapsid reptiles: lizards; snakes; tuataras
              member of:  class_Reptilia__Reptilia  class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals
                 member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                    member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                       member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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