''Ophioscincus'' is a genus 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 ...
known to inhabit parts of
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 ...
.
["''Ophioscincus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
Classification
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Ophioscincus cooloolensis
The Cooloola snake-skink (''Ophioscincus cooloolensis'') is a species of skink found in Queensland
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Greer & Cogger, 1985 Cooloola snake-skink
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Ophioscincus ophioscincus
The yolk-bellied snake-skink (''Ophioscincus ophioscincus'') is a species of skink found in Queensland
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(Boulenger, 1887) Yolk-bellied snake-skink
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Ophioscincus truncatus
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
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(Peters, 1876) Short-limbed snake-skink
References
Reptiles of Australia skink pageListing of Australian Skinks
Ophioscincus
Lizard genera
Skinks of Australia
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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