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About: Ristella

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Ristella is a genus of skinks endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. They are commonly known as cat skinks because of their retractile claws. This genus can be instantly identified by the presence of only four fingers in forelimbs in all the species (instead of the usual five). All the members look more or less similar and are drab dark brown to blackish in complexion with paler undersides. This poorly known groups of lizards are diurnal, insectivorous, terrestrial to semi fossorial in habits. They inhabit deep leaf-litter and grasslands in montane forests and rainforests.

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  • Ristella Scincidae familiako narrasti genero bat da. Indian bizi dira. (eu)
  • Ristella es un género de lagartos perteneciente a la familia Scincidae. Son endémicos de la India. (es)
  • Ristella est un genre de sauriens de la famille des Scincidae. (fr)
  • Ristella is a genus of skinks endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. They are commonly known as cat skinks because of their retractile claws. This genus can be instantly identified by the presence of only four fingers in forelimbs in all the species (instead of the usual five). All the members look more or less similar and are drab dark brown to blackish in complexion with paler undersides. This poorly known groups of lizards are diurnal, insectivorous, terrestrial to semi fossorial in habits. They inhabit deep leaf-litter and grasslands in montane forests and rainforests. (en)
  • Katskinken (Ristella) zijn een geslacht van skinken. (nl)
  • Ristella – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Sphenomorphinae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae). (pl)
  • Ristella är ett släkte av ödlor. Ristella ingår i familjen skinkar. Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life: (sv)
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  • Gray, 1839 (en)
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  • Ristella travancorica from the Western Ghats. (en)
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  • Ristella (en)
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  • Ristella (en)
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  • Ristella Scincidae familiako narrasti genero bat da. Indian bizi dira. (eu)
  • Ristella es un género de lagartos perteneciente a la familia Scincidae. Son endémicos de la India. (es)
  • Ristella est un genre de sauriens de la famille des Scincidae. (fr)
  • Ristella is a genus of skinks endemic to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. They are commonly known as cat skinks because of their retractile claws. This genus can be instantly identified by the presence of only four fingers in forelimbs in all the species (instead of the usual five). All the members look more or less similar and are drab dark brown to blackish in complexion with paler undersides. This poorly known groups of lizards are diurnal, insectivorous, terrestrial to semi fossorial in habits. They inhabit deep leaf-litter and grasslands in montane forests and rainforests. (en)
  • Katskinken (Ristella) zijn een geslacht van skinken. (nl)
  • Ristella – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Sphenomorphinae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae). (pl)
  • Ristella är ett släkte av ödlor. Ristella ingår i familjen skinkar. Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life: (sv)
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  • Ristella (en)
  • Ristella (eu)
  • Ristella (es)
  • Ristella (fr)
  • Katskinken (nl)
  • Ristella (pl)
  • Ristella (sv)
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