Partitioning a database improves performance and simplifies maintenance. By splitting a large table into smaller, individual tables, queries that access only a fraction of the data can run faster because there is less data to scan.
skinks and lizards are similar skinks are smaller -----> the shingle back lizard ( gilla monster ) is t a poisonous skink that lives in the australian outback.
Skink (family Scincidae), any of about 1,275 species of lizards, mostly secretive ground dwellers or burrowers, that are represented throughout most of the world but are especially diverse in Southeast Asia and its associated islands, the deserts of Australia, and the temperate regions of North America.