Ateuchosaurus chinensis

Gray, 1845 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Scincidae/Ateuchosaurus

At a glance

Occurrence records178

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Ateuchosaurus chinensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility178 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF178 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

The Chinese short-limbed skink or Chinese ateuchosaurus (Ateuchosaurus chinensis) is a species of skink. It is found in China and Vietnam.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ateuchosaurus chinensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type178 records

Wild obs. + sensor99

Museum / vouchered79

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO376 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 24≤1 km 16≤10 km 14>10 km 17

71 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor99

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy68% within 1 km

≤1 km 48≤10 km 22>10 km 1

71 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence79

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
New Haven, US	54
Cambridge, US	16
Washington, US	2
Honolulu, US	2
Berkeley, US	1
Toronto, CA	1

6 institutions · 76 of 79 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Ateuchosaurus chinensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.9 °C 26.9–26.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.0 °C

Max temp (day)30.7 °C

Min temp (night)22.4 °C

Precipitation216 mm/mo

Air humidity66.1 %

Moisture balance77.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,198 Pa

Wind speed1.20 m/s

Cloud cover41.0 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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