Cape Melville shadeskink | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Saproscincus |
Species: | S. saltus |
Binomial name | |
Saproscincus saltus Hoskin, 2013 |
The Cape Melville shadeskink (Saproscincus saltus) is a species of lizards from the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, described in 2013. It was one of three vertebrates discovered by scientists from James Cook University and National Geographic in an area of mountain rainforest in North Queensland. The lizards are active by day, running and jumping through the mossy boulder fields of Northern Queensland.
See also
References
- Hoskin, C.; Couper, P.; Amey, A. (2018). "Saproscincus saltus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109481314A109481317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481314A109481317.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Conrad J. Hoskin (2013). "A new skink (Scincidae: Saproscincus) from rocky rainforest habitat on Cape Melville, north-east Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3722 (3): 385–395. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.7. PMID 26171534.
- ^ Jessica Aldred (October 28, 2013). "Gecko that looks like a leaf among new species found in Australia's 'lost world'". The Guardian. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- 'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia AFP October 27, 2013
External links
- Data related to Saproscincus saltus at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers | |
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Saproscincus saltus |
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