Thal skink
Eumeces indothalensis Khan & Khan, 1997
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The thal skink (Eumeces indothalensis) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Pakistan.
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Quick facts about the thal skink
- Weight
- up to 4.14 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 6 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the thal skink live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The thal skink is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the thal skink endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the thal skink classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyScincidae
- genusEumeces
- SpeciesEumeces indothalensis Khan & Khan, 1997
Synonyms Novoeumeces indothalensis
Other names and names in other languages (2)
- Punjab skinkEnglish
- Striped mole skinkEnglish
Relatives of the thal skink
Other species in the same genus Eumeces.
Gold skink
Eumeces schneiderii
Algerian skink
Eumeces algeriensis
Blyth's skink
Eumeces blythianus
Cholistan skink
Eumeces cholistanensis
Persian striped skink
Eumeces persicus
CompareThal skink vs Gold skinkThal skink vs Algerian skinkThal skink vs Blyth's skinkThal skink vs Cholistan skink
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the thal skink live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the thal skink for 1 country: Pakistan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the thal skink?
The thal skink (Eumeces indothalensis) belongs to the family Scincidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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