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Tsushima Smooth Skink
Scincella vandenburghi (Tsushima Smooth Skink · ツシマスベトカゲ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 The Korean name given to this species by the National List of Species of Korea is 'Domabaem (Korean name)'—the name for the small lizard encountered along forest paths.
- 💡 There is a study that sequenced the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) from an individual collected in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
This species, whose Korean name is simply 'Domabaem (Korean name)' (lizard), is a small lizard living throughout the Korean Peninsula and on Tsushima Island in Japan.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is a small skink in the family Scincidae that lays eggs. Reliable sources giving numerical body size measurements have not yet been found.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It belongs to the group of small diurnal lizards that eat insects and spiders. On the Korean Peninsula, large populations are known to occur in the southwest.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is a lizard commonly seen throughout the Korean Peninsula. A table in one study lists 297 confirmed domestic localities, and the National Red List of Korea assesses it as Least Concern (LC).
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2021) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178539/96878281
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 4VK4F
- • iucnredlist.org — 96878281
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000059470 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000059470
- • wikidata.org — Q5128276
- • reptile-database.reptarium.cz — species
- • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — PMC7800236
- • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — PMC9816106
- • pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov — PMC9436999
- • species.nibr.go.kr — general-search
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Gopal Murali · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Sphenomorphus dussumieri)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.