Bougainville's skink
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. bougainvillii |
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Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839) |
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Bougainville's skink (Lerista bougainvillii) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. This species is also commonly called the south-eastern slider.
Both the specific name, bougainvillii, and the common name, Bougainville's skink, are in honor of French naval officer Hyacinthe de Bougainville.
L. bougainvillii is found in south-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands.
Bougainville's skink has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like manner.
L. bougainvillii is seldom seen as much of its life is spent beneath leaf-litter, loose sand, and thin stone slabs.
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