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Indian sun skink

Portuguese translation: "tipo de" lagarto indiano


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English term or phrase:Indian sun skink
Portuguese translation:"tipo de" lagarto indiano
Entered by: Marcos Antonio
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15:58 Nov 11, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Zoology / répteis
English term or phrase: Indian sun skink
Maybe she´s an Indian sun skink, not a basilisk.
Beth Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 17:17
"tipo de" lagarto indiano
Explanation:
Sug.


Diria assim

- Thai Sun Skink (22) sandpiper2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/ Gold (11163), Title: Great Mormon female Great Mormon female (30) ...
pt.treknature.com/members/sandpiper2/photos/Asia/Thailand/South/Phuket/ - 18k

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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 17:17
Grading comment
Obrigada.
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Summary of answers provided
5répteis (ver explicação abaixo e link)
Isabel Maria Almeida
4 +1"tipo de" lagarto indiano
Marcos Antonio
4lagarto/mabuyaCatarina Maia


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
indian sun skink
répteis (ver explicação abaixo e link)


Explanation:
Asian Sun Skinks range from Pakistan and India to Indochina, Thailand and down to northern Peninsular Malaysia.
http://www.exotic-pets.co.uk/asian-sun-skink.html

Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 21:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
indian sun skink
"tipo de" lagarto indiano


Explanation:
Sug.


Diria assim

- Thai Sun Skink (22) sandpiper2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/ Gold (11163), Title: Great Mormon female Great Mormon female (30) ...
pt.treknature.com/members/sandpiper2/photos/Asia/Thailand/South/Phuket/ - 18k

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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Obrigada.
Notes to answerer
Asker: 3.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Artur Jorge Martins: Ou simplesmente "lagarto indiano", para simplificar a tradução.
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Artur.
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
indian sun skink
lagarto/mabuya


Explanation:
No contexto, por oposição a "basilisk" (género Basiliscus, normalmente conhecidos por iguanas, com uma crista sobre o dorso), os "sun skink" são lagartos do género Mabuya:
http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/many-lined_sun_skin...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabuya

No Brasil, o nome genérico é usado para designar uma espécie da ilha Fernado de Noronha:
http://www.mabuya.com.br/


Catarina Maia
Portugal
Local time: 21:17
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Nov 16, 2008 - Changes made by Marcos Antonio:
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