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"Metallic skink" may also refer to the garden skink (Lampropholis delicata).

Metallic skink
AtAustins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia

Conservation status


Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carinascincus
Species:
C. metallicus
Binomial name
Carinascincus metallicus

(O'Shaughnessy, 1874)

Synonyms

Carinascincus metallicus, the metallic cool-skinkormetallic skink[2] is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Australia, found in southern Victoria, as well as in Tasmania where it is the most widespread and common lizard, occurring on many offshore islands in Bass Strait as well as the mainland. It gives birth to live young. It is highly variable in colour and pattern, and may be a complex of closely related species.[3][4]

Carinascincus metallicus

References

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  1. ^ Chapple, D.C, Michael, D., Robertson, P., Clemann, N. & Wapstra, E. 2018. Niveoscincus metallicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480617A109480628. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480617A109480628.en Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  • ^ Carinascincus metallicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  • ^ "Metallic Skink". Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  • ^ Cogger, H.G. (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed: Sydney. ISBN 0-589-50108-9


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