''Carinascincus microlepidotus'', the boulder cool-skink or southern snow skink
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
Tasmania
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References
Carinascincus
Skinks of Australia
Endemic fauna of Australia
Reptiles described in 1874
Taxa named by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy]
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