Reticulated water skink
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It often spends its time soaking in water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Reticulated water skink
- Scientific name
- Amphiglossus reticulatus
- Japanese name
- アミメミズベトカゲ
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Amphiglossus
A lizard found in Madagascar and nowhere else. It lives along forest streams and in places such as rice paddies.
Basic data
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Range
- Madagascar
Where the Reticulated water skink has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アミメミズベトカゲ
- 简体中文
- 网纹潜石龙子
- 繁體中文
- 網紋潛石龍子
- Deutsch
- Riesen-Madagaskarskink
- Русский
- Сетчатый амфиглоссус
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — アミメミズベトカゲChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鳥羽水族館 — 布団が大好きChecked: 2026-11-09
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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