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Species profile—Praeteropus auxilliger (sandstone worm-skink)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Praeteropus auxilliger (sandstone worm-skink)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Scincidae (skinks)
Scientific name
Praeteropus auxilliger Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Worthington Wilmer, 2021
Common name
sandstone worm-skink
Type reference
Hutchinson, M.N, Couper, P., Amey, A. & Worthington Wilmer, J. (2021). Diversity and systematics of limbless skinks (Anomalopus) from eastern Australia and the skeletal changes that accompany the substrate swimming body form. Journal of Herpetology 55(4), 361-384.
WildNet taxon ID
36768
Alternate name(s)
sandstone legless skink
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

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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=36768.

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
20 May 2024