Largest living skink - Guinness World Records
2017年9月18日 · The largest species of skink alive today is the Solomon Islands skink Corucia zebrata, also known as the prehensile-tailed or monkey-tailed skink. It grows to a total length of up to 81 cm, of which over half consists of its tail.
Meet the biggest and most bizarre skink ever found in Australia.
2023年6月13日 · Researchers have found an armoured fossil skink 1,000 times heavier than the ones in your garden. Its closest living relative is the shingleback lizard.
Fossils of huge ancient lizard with spiky armor skin recovered in …
2023年6月15日 · According to fossil evidence, Frangens was at least 1,000 times larger than the typical Australian garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti), which weighs only 2g. The authors emphasize that due to...
'Mega Chonk' giant prehistoric skink discovered by cave researchers
2023年6月14日 · After years of careful work, researchers from Flinders University have formally described what is by far the largest skink ever discovered. Its official name is Tiliqua frangens, or Frangens for short. But its bulky bod and serious spiky armour mean it already has a range of colourful nicknames including "Mega Chonk" and "Chonkasaurus".
Giant ancient lizard covered in thick armor and spikes …
2023年6月13日 · An artist's reconstruction shows a pair of Tiliqua frangens, with a small garden skink measuring 4 inches long in the corner for scale. The new species is by far the largest skink recorded...
Super-sized fossil skink – News
2023年6月14日 · A fossil lizard discovered by researchers at Flinders University has been described as by far the largest and most bizarre skink that ever lived. While related to shinglebacks (also called ‘sleepy lizards’) found in Australia today, Tiliqua frangens (or ‘Frangens’ for short) was as big as an arm and covered in thick armour.
Prehistoric skink named mega chonk found in NSW caves
2023年6月14日 · Bones of the prehistoric beast – the biggest skink ever discovered – were uncovered in the Wellington Caves, in the NSW Dubbo region, by researchers from Flinders University, ABC News reported. Remnants of the animal, which was believed to have existed about 50,000 years ago, were evidence of the Tiliqua frangens – the skink’s official name.
Australian cave researchers dig up quite a big skink
A skink as big as a human arm has been comically dubbed the Mega Chonk after its bones were found alongside other blasts from the prehistoric past. After years of careful work, researchers from Flinders University have formally described what is by far the largest skink ever discovered.
Australian cave researchers dig up quite a big skink
2023年6月13日 · After years of careful work, researchers from Flinders University have formally described what is by far the largest skink ever discovered. Its official name is Tiliqua frangens, or Frangens for short.
‘Mega Chonk’ giant prehistoric skink discovered by cave researchers
2023年6月9日 · A skink as big as a human arm has been comically dubbed the “Mega Chonk” after its bones were found alongside other blasts from the prehistoric past. After years of careful work, researchers from Flinders University have formally described what is by far the largest skink ever discovered.
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