Ophioscincus truncatus

The short-limbed snake-skink (Ophioscincus truncatus) is a species of burrowing short-limbed snake-skink that is endemic to the coastal areas and islands of New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia.

Ophioscincus truncatus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ophioscincus
Species:
O. truncatus
Binomial name
Ophioscincus truncatus
(Peters, 1876)

Classification

Subspecies

  • Ophioscincus truncatus truncatus (Peters 1876)
  • Ophioscincus truncatus monswilsonensis (Copland, 1952)
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References

  1. Shea, G., Wilson, S., Sanderson, C. & Hobson, R. 2018. Ophioscincus truncatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480861A109480870. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480861A109480870.en. Downloaded on 01 July 2020.


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