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Species of lizard

Cape Melville shadeskink
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. 'Lost world' discovered in remote Australia AFP October 27, 2013

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Taxon identifiers
Saproscincus saltus


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