The short-limbed snake-skink (''Ophioscincus truncatus'') is a species of burrowing short-limbed snake-
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 ...
that is endemic to the coastal areas and islands of
New South Wales
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, established_title = Before federation
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and
Queensland
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, subdivision_name = Australia
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, in Australia.
Classification
Subspecies
*''Ophioscincus truncatus truncatus'' (
Peters Peters may refer to:
People
* Peters (surname)
* Peters Band, a First Nations band in British Columbia, Canada
Places United States
* Peters, California, a census-designated place
* Peters, Florida, a town
* Peters Township, Kingman County, Kansas ...
1876)
*''Ophioscincus truncatus monswilsonensis'' (Copland, 1952)
References
External links
Australian Faunal Directory Online''Ophioscincus truncatus'' details and distribution maps.
World Wildlife OrganisationList of species found in Eastern Australian temperate forests.
Ophioscincus
Reptiles described in 1876
Skinks of Australia
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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