''Phoboscincus'' is a small

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skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

lizards Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The ...

in the

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Scincidae. There are two known

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

in the genus ''Phoboscincus''. Both species are found on various island of

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Species

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Phoboscincus bocourti The terror skink (''Phoboscincus bocourti)'', also called Common name, commonly Bocourt's terrific skink, Bocourt's eyelid skink and Bocourt's skink, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The species is Endemism, ende ...

'' – terror skink *'' Phoboscincus garnieri'' – Garnier's skink"''Phoboscincus garnieri'' "
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