Species profile—Lygisaurus abscondita (Mt Surprise litter-skink)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Lygisaurus abscondita (Mt Surprise litter-skink)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Lygisaurus abscondita (Worthington Wilmer, Couper, Amey, Zug & Roberts 2005)
- Common name
- Mt Surprise litter-skink
- Type reference
- Couper, P.J., Worthington Wilmer, J., Roberts, L., Amey, A.P. and Zug, G.R. (2005). Skinks currently assigned to Carlia aerata (Scincidae : Lygosominae) of north-eastern Queensland: a preliminary study of cryptic diversity and two new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 53(1): 35-49.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 29892
- Synonym(s)
- Carlia abscondita
Lygisaurus aeratus - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
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=29892.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
