Paracontias tsararano
| Paracontias tsararano | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Scincoidea |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Paracontias |
| Species: | P. tsararano |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracontias tsararano Andreone & Greer, 2002 | |
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Paracontias tsararano is a species of skinks. It is endemic to Madagascar.[2]The name is believed to have come from the word "tsararano", meaning "good water" in Malagasy.
Habitat
Paracontias tsararano is native to the Tsararano Forest in North-Eastern Madagascar.[3] The skink lives mostly underground in burrows, with its diet consisting mainly of insects, such as flies, crickets and beetles.[4] There is an estimated population of 235.
References
- ^ Vences, M. (2011). "Paracontias tsararano". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172811A6922606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172811A6922606.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Paracontias tsararano at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Paracontias tsararano". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Common Garden Skink - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio". animalia.bio. Retrieved 2025-05-16.