Adelaide Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink

Taxobox
name = Adelaide Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Tiliqua"
species = "T. adelaidensis"
binomial = "Tiliqua adelaidensis"
binomial_authority = (Peters, 1863)
synonyms = The Adelaide Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink or Pygmy Bluetongue ("Tiliqua adelaidensis") is a species of skink in the Scincidae family.It is found only in Australia. It was for a time believed to be extinct. A small population is found outside Adelaide, but it is extremely vulnerable, given its small population and limited living area.

ource

* Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21902/all Tiliqua adelaidensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/biodiversity/bcp/pdfs/pygmy_bluetongue_info_sheet.pdf

In its home area it is a PYGMY Blue tongue LIZARD, nicknamed Pygmy Blue-tongue. Not commonly referred to as 'skink' and Pygmy spelt with a 'y'. It is a greenish-brown colour.