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Notoscincus




  Name ''Notoscincus''
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Reptilia
  Ordo Squamata
  Subordo Sauria
  Familia Scincidae
  Genus '''''Notoscincus'''''


Notoscincus is a Genus of Skink s. They are also known as Soil-crevice skinks or Snake-eyed skinks.
The lined soil-crevice skinks (''n. butleri'') are located only in arid northwest Western Australia . The ornate soil-crevice skinks (''n. ornatus'') are known to be found from the far north of Western Australia , the Northern Territory , Queensland , to South Australia . The subspecies ''n. ornatus wotjulum'' is found in the tropical north coast and hinterland, whereas the subspecies ''n. ornatus ornatus'' is generally not.
Greer (1989) and Horner (1991) considered the two to be separate species.


CLASSIFICATION


Genus Notoscincus


EXTERNAL LINKS

More research can be found at:
  • http://srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000/srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?%5BREPTILIA-Species:Notoscincus---%5D

  • http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_asp_bin/CheckListcx.asp?d=Reptiles#72

  • http://www.nafcon.dircon.co.uk/skinks_notoscincus.htm broken link -->