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Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881) (Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881))
Animalia

Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881)

Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881)

Acritoscincus platynotus, the red-throated cool-skink, is an Australian-endemic skink species in the lizard family Scincidae.

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Family
Genus
Acritoscincus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881)

Nomenclature

The red-throated cool-skink, also called the red-throated skink, has the scientific name Acritoscincus platynotus.

Taxonomic Classification

It is a species of skink, which is a type of lizard that belongs to the family Scincidae.

Endemic Range

This species is endemic to Australia.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Scincidae Acritoscincus

More from Scincidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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