Ophioscincus truncatus
Appearance
Ophioscincus truncatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Ophioscincus |
Species: | O. truncatus
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Binomial name | |
Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
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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.
Classification
Subspecies
- Ophioscincus truncatus truncatus (Peters 1876)
- Ophioscincus truncatus monswilsonensis (Copland, 1952)
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Australian Faunal Directory Online Ophioscincus truncatus details and distribution maps.
- World Wildlife Organisation List of species found in Eastern Australian temperate forests.