1. Monogamy is pretty rare among lizards, but these skinks are the exception.
蜥蜴界的一夫一妻制很少见,但是这些糙背蜥蜴是例外。

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2. New lizards found in the decade 1998 to 2008 include 17 species of skinks 12 geckos 5 forest dragons and 3 monitor lizards.
在1998年至2008年十年中还发现了新的蜥蜴,包括17种石龙子,12种壁虎,5种森林龙和3种巨蜥。

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3. New lizards found in the decade 1998 to 2008 include 17 species of skinks, 12 geckos, 5 forest dragons and 3 monitor lizards.
在1998年至2008年十年中还发现了新的蜥蜴,包括17种石龙子,12种壁虎,5种森林龙和3种巨蜥。

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4. Still others suggest the short or sometimes nonexistent legs of the 800 species of skinks are clues to where limbless snakes originated.
也有科学家认为,800种小蜥蜴的短小的有些甚至了退化的四肢提供了蛇起源的线索。

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5. He then further tested how the crickets responded to both bearded dragon lizards (Pogona vitticeps) and striped skinks (Trachylepis punctatissima).
更进一步,他又使用了两种蜥蜴:鬃狮蜥(Pogonavitticeps)和斑纹石龙子(Trachylepispunctatissima),来测试蟋蟀对这两种动物的反应。

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6. Most surprising, some lizards, such as geckos and skinks, lap up nectar and pollen and then transport the stuff on their faces and feet as they forage onward.
更令人惊讶的是,某些蜥蜴,譬如喜爱甜食花蜜和花粉的壁虎和石龙子,它们在进食过程中其面部和足部的花粉也会被传播出去。

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7. Conrad explains that scientists have come up with three candidates—iguanas, monitor lizards, and skinks—as the most likely relatives to have made way for the slithering snake.
Conrad解释道,科学家提出了三种候选物种:鬣蜥、巨蜥和小蜥蜴,它们最有可能是滑动行走的蛇的祖先。

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8. Bateman also tested the power of the haemolymph and regurgitated food, by painting another smaller species of cricket in either substance, and then seeing if striped skinks would eat them.
贝特曼也测试了这些血淋巴和蟋蟀吐出物(反流物)的效力。 他把这两种物质分别涂抹在另外一种小型的蟋蟀身上,然后看看斑纹石龙子是否会吃掉他们。

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9. Bateman also tested the power of the haemolymph and regurgitated food, by painting another smaller species of cricket in either substance, and then seeing if striped skinks would eat them.
贝特曼也测试了这些血淋巴和蟋蟀吐出物(反流物)的效力。 他把这两种物质分别涂抹在另外一种小型的蟋蟀身上,然后看看斑纹石龙子是否会吃掉他们。

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