Metallic Skink

"Metallic skink" may also refer to the Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata).

Metallic Cool-skink or Metallic Skink
Metallic Skink near Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Lygosominae
Genus:	Niveoscincus
Species:	N. metallicus
Binomial name
Niveoscincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)
Synonyms
Leiolopisma metallica

The Metallic Cool-skink^[1] or Metallic Skink (Niveoscincus metallicus) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is endemic to Australia, found in southern Victoria, as well as in Tasmania where it is the most widespread and common lizard, occurring on many offshore islands in Bass Strait as well as the mainland. It gives birth to live young. It is highly variable and may be a complex of closely related species.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ Niveoscincus metallicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
2. ^ Wildlife of Tasmania – Metallic Skink
3. ^ Cogger, H.G. (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed: Sydney. ISBN 0-589-50108-9

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