Species profile—Nangura spinosa (Nangur skink)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Nangura spinosa (Nangur skink)
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Nangura spinosa Covacevich, Couper & James, 1993
- Common name
- Nangur skink
- Type reference
- Covacevich, J.A.; Couper, P.J. and James, C. (1993). A new skink, Nangura spinosa gen. et sp. nov., from a dry rainforest of southeastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 34(1):159-167.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 125
- Synonym(s)
- Concinnia spinosa
- Alternate name(s)
- Nangur spiny skink
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=125.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
