The alpine cool-skink (''Carinascincus greeni'') is a species of

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, found in

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References

Carinascincus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1975 Taxa named by Peter Alan Rawlinson {{Eugongylinae-stub