Title

Abd al Kuri Skink

Caption

Abd al Kuri Skink (Trachylepis cristinae) newly discovered species described in 2010, adult, on Madrepore coral fossil rock in desert habitat, Abd al Kuri Island, Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, Asia

Date

Dec 16, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Fabio Pupin

Reference

BRK22G24_431

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (1,4Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3533 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Anthozoa Arab Arabia Arabian Arabian Peninsula Arabic Archipelago Asia Coral rock Desert habitat Finding Lepidosauria Mid East Middle East Mideast Near East Republic of Yemen Scaled reptile Scaled reptiles Scincidae Scincomorph Scincomorpha Scincomorphs Skink Skinks Socotra Archipelago Southwest Asia Southwestern Asia Squamata West Asia Western Asia Yemen adult adult animal adult animals animal animals archaeologic archaeological archaeology archeologic archeological archeology barrenness coral reef coral reefs drought droughts dry dryness endemic endemic species find finds fossil fossilised fossilization fossilized fossils group of islands groups of islands heritage heritages historic historical island islands marine animal marine animals mature matures mid-adult woman mid-adult women old out outdoor outdoors outside palaeontology paleontology petrification petrified prehistoric reef reefs type types Cnidaria Cnidarian Cnidarians Reptile Reptiles Reptilia Socotra Soqotra ancient civilization ancient civilizations archipelago archipelagos barren coral corals desert deserts desolate habitat meager meagre natural environment natural environments natural habitat rock rocks