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Sirenoscincus mobydick
''Sirenoscincus mobydick'' is a species of mermaid skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. In 2012, the species was first described in a paper by French herpetologists Aurélien Miralles, Miguel Vences, and their colleagues.
==Description==
Mermaid skinks have only forelimbs, no hind limbs, hence the common name "mermaid skink". This species's forelimbs are shaped like flippers (''Sirenoscincus yamagishii'' has claws). The scientific name ''Sirenoscincus mobydick'' consists of the pre-existing parent genus ''Sirenoscincus'', and the name of the white sperm whale from the 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick'' by Herman Melville. The species name is appropriate because whales have no hind limbs, only forelimbs shaped like flippers, and so does this species of skink. It also lacks pigmentation as Moby-Dick did.〔
The type series consists of two specimens that measured in snout–vent length. The body is about wide at midbody. In preserved specimens, body is entirely pale with eyes visible as dark spots. Colour is assumed to be pinkish in live animals.〔
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