The three-toed snake-tooth skink (''Coeranoscincus reticulatus'') 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 south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It occurs in subtropical rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, and montane forest on rich dark soils on the coast and adjacent ranges; some coastal/island populations ( Fraser Island and Cooloola) occur on pale sands in lowlands. ''Coeranoscincus reticulatus'' measure in

snout–vent length Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the most posterior opening of the cloacal slit (vent)."direct line distance from tip of snout to posterior margin of vent" It is the most c ...

. The limbs are reduced with three digits in each.

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Coeranoscincus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles of New South Wales Reptiles of Queensland Reptiles described in 1873 Taxa named by Albert Günther Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{sphenomorphinae-stub