The agile cool-skink or Tasmanian tree skink (''Carinascincus pretiosus'') is a species of
skink in the family
Scincidae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Tasmania
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and the
Bass Strait islands. It is
viviparous
Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent. This is opposed to oviparity which is a reproductive mode in which females lay developing eggs that complete their development and hatch externally from the ...
, and may be found in a wide variety of
habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
s, from tall
forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
s to rocky coastlines.
Wildlife of Tasmania – Tasmanian Tree Skink
/ref>[Cogger, H.G. (1979). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia''. Reed: Sydney. ]
References
Carinascincus
Skinks of Australia
Reptiles of Tasmania
Endemic fauna of Tasmania
Reptiles described in 1874
Taxa named by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
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