Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Red-and-black Giant Skink (Pseudoacontias menamainty), recorded as Critically Endangered
Red-and-black Giant Skink (Pseudoacontias menamainty). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Red-and-black Giant Skink

Pseudoacontias menamainty

Red-and-black Giant Skink is a lizard that is endemic to Madagascar.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Pseudoacontias menamainty
Recorded from
Madagascar
Taxonomy
Squamata · Scincidae · Pseudoacontias

The skink

It was first described by Franco Andreone ug Allen E.

Skinks are smooth-scaled lizards, often with reduced limbs in burrowing forms. Most eat insects and other small invertebrates.

Range and habitat

Red-and-black Giant Skink is a lizard that is endemic to Madagascar.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Most skinks forage in leaf litter or under cover. Burrowing species slip through sand or soil more than they climb.

In crisis

Red-and-black Giant Skink is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Red-and-black Giant Skink — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5128433. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Red-and-black Giant Skink?
Una ning gihulagway ni Franco Andreone ug Allen E is a tabíli. Red-and-black Giant Skink is a lizard that is endemic to Madagascar.
What is the conservation status of Red-and-black Giant Skink?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pseudoacontias menamainty. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Red-and-black Giant Skink live?
Red-and-black Giant Skink is a lizard that is endemic to Madagascar.
Why is Red-and-black Giant Skink in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pseudoacontias menamainty?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Red-and-black Giant Skink a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.