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Species profile—Emoia atrocostata australis (littoral whiptail-skink)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Emoia atrocostata australis (littoral whiptail-skink)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Scincidae (skinks)
Scientific name
Emoia atrocostata australis Brown, 1991
Common name
littoral whiptail-skink
Type reference
Brown, W.C. (1991). The lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) with observations on their evolution and biogeography. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 15, 1-94.
WildNet taxon ID
34166
Synonym(s)
Emoia atrocostata irrorata
Emoia atrocostata
Lygosoma atrocostatum
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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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=34166.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022