Yellow-lined forest skink (Sphenomorphus sanctus)

Java forest skink or yellow-lined forest skink (Sphenomorphus sanctus) is a species of animal in the Scincidae, a medium-sized, slender arboreal lizard with an elongated and pointed snout, grayish-brown and yellow in color with dark red legs.

S. sanctus has an upper side with a yellow stripe from snout to tail and light brown spots. The underside is light. The head is short with the tip of the snout pointed and the eyes are black.

Tail longer than body size, cylindrical in shape and pointed tip. The legs are dark red or brown with yellow spots. The fingers are slender and long.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Sphenomorphus
Species: Sphenomorphus sanctus
Subspecies: Sphenomorphus sanctus ssp. sanctus, Sphenomorphus sanctus ssp. tenggeranus

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