Species profile—Ophioscincus truncatus (short-limbed snake-skink)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Ophioscincus truncatus (short-limbed snake-skink)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876)
- Common name
- short-limbed snake-skink
- WildNet taxon ID
- 116
- Synonym(s)
- Saiphos truncatus
- Alternate name(s)
- burrowing skink
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=116
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.