Lygosoma bowringii
Lygosoma bowringii, commonly known as the Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, or the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.Etymology
The specific name, bowringii, is in honor of either John Charles Bowring, who was a British amateur naturalist and businessman in Hong Kong, or his father John Bowring, who was a British diplomat and a governor of Hong Kong.Geographic range
;West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor: Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; India,
;Philippines,
;Indonesia,
;China, Singapore, India,
;Indochina west to Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
;Australia
Type locality: Hong Kong.
