Bougainville's Skink

Bougainville's Skink

Taxobox
name = Bougainville's Skink
status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Lerista"
species = "L. bougainvillii"
binomial = "Lerista bougainvillii"
binomial_authority = Gray
synonyms =

Bougainville's Skink ("Lerista bougainvillii") is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found in south-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands. It has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like manner. It is seldom seen as much of its life is spent beneath leaf-litter, loose sand and thin stone slabs. [ [http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/reptile/Lerbou.html Wildlife of Tasmania – Bougainville’s Skink] ] Cogger, H.G. (1979). "Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia". Reed: Sydney. ISBN 0-589-50108-9]

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