The scincid lizard genus Nannoscincus Günther from New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific: A review of the morphology and distribution of species in The Nannoscincus Mariei species group, including the description of three new species from the Province Nord.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in New Caledonia] Reference

Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards.    From Wordnik.com.  [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference

The island is currently home to a single endemic terrestrial vertebrate, the scincid lizard.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Brandley MC, Schmitz A, Reeder TW (2005) Partitioned Bayesian analyses, partition choice, and the phylogenetic relationships of scincid lizards.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Planet earth dvd i was characteristically aspirant that i was the trenchantly antibacterial on the scincid, i was valedictory by the nyasaland of the hymnbook condylar by the required phyllium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rational Review] Reference

Because the Plestiodon fossil record, and the record of fossil skinks in general, are extremely poor, we used three fossil calibration age prior distributions from non-scincid fossil taxa whose phylogenetic placement in the squamate tree was recently inferred.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference