White's Skink

Taxobox
name = White’s Skink
status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Egernia"
species = "E. whitii"
binomial = "Egernia whitii"
binomial_authority = Lacépède
synonyms =

White's Skink ("Egernia whitii") is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found in south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands. It is slow-growing, to a maximum length of about 90 mm, and may take four years to reach maturity. It gives birth to live young. It is highly variable and may be a complex of closely related species. [ [http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/reptile/Egewhi.html Wildlife of Tasmania – White’s Skink] ] Cogger, H.G. (1979). "Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia". Reed: Sydney. ISBN 0-589-50108-9]

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