The short-limbed snake-skink (Ophioscincus truncatus) is a species of burrowing short-limbed snake-skink that is endemic to the coastal areas and islands of New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia.
| Ophioscincus truncatus | |
|---|---|
_(10041161264).jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ophioscincus |
| Species: | O. truncatus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
| |
Classification
editSubspecies
- Ophioscincus truncatus truncatus (Peters 1876)
- Ophioscincus truncatus monswilsonensis (Copland, 1952)
References
edit- ^ Shea, G.; Wilson, S.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R. (2018). "Ophioscincus truncatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109480861A109480870. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109480861A109480870.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
External links
edit- Australian Faunal Directory Online Ophioscincus truncatus details and distribution maps.
- World Wildlife Organisation List of species found in Eastern Australian temperate forests.
 | This skink article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |