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Carinascincus orocryptus

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Carinascincus orocryptus
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N. orocryptus
Binomial name
Niveoscincus orocryptus
(Hutchinson, Schwaner & Medlock, 1988)

Niveoscincus orocryptus, the heath cool-skink, mountain skink or Tasmanian mountain skink, is a skink endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It is viviparous and mainly found in alpine areas, though occurring down to sea-level in the south-west of the state.[1]

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