Species profile—Praeteropus monachus (Mt Abbot worm-skink)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles) → Scincidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=scincidae ) (skinks) → Praeteropus monachus (Mt Abbot worm-skink)

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=36769&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=36769&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=36769 )

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (animals)
Class
Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles)
Family
Scincidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=scincidae ) (skinks)
Scientific name
Praeteropus monachus Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Worthington Wilmer, 2021
Common name
Mt Abbot 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
36769
Alternate name(s)
Mt Abbott legless skink
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=36769 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=36769 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.