Niveoscincus

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Lygosominae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Scincidae Scientific name Niveoscincus Higher classification Skink Order Scaled reptiles

Lower classifications Niveoscincus metallicus, Tasmanian tree skink, Pedra Branca skink

Niveoscincus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae), commonly called snow skinks or cool-skinks and residing mainly in Tasmania or Victoria, Australia. The genus Niveoscincus belongs to a clade with the genera Carlia, Lampropholis and possibly others of the Eugongylus group. For similar skinks see genera Pseudemoia, Lampropholis, and Bassiana. These skinks have adapted to the cooler weather of southern Australia and particularly Tasmania, hence the common names.

Species

Niveoscincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975) – southern forest cool-skink

Niveoscincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975) – alpine cool-skink or northern snow skink

Niveoscincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – metallic skink or metallic cool-skink

Niveoscincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – boulder cool-skink or southern snow skink

Niveoscincus ocellatus (Gray, 1845) – spotted skink, ocellated cool-skink, or ocellated skink

Niveoscincus orocryptus (Hutchinson, Schwaner & Medlock, 1988) – Tasmanian mountain skink, heath cool-skink, or mountain skink

Niveoscincus palfreymani (Rawlinson, 1974) – Pedra Branca skink, Pedra Branca cool-skink, or red-throated skink

Niveoscincus pretiosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Tasmanian tree skink or agile cool-skink

References

Niveoscincus Wikipedia

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