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Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & Mcdonald, 1980) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & Mcdonald, 1980)

Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & Mcdonald, 1980)

The lemon-barred forest-skink is a species of sound-producing skink found in Queensland, Australia.

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Family
Genus
Concinnia
Order
Class
Squamata

About Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & Mcdonald, 1980)

Scientific Nomenclature and Distribution

The lemon-barred forest-skink, scientifically known as Concinnia ampla, is a species of skink that occurs in Queensland, Australia.

Habitat

It typically inhabits montane forest or rainforest, living around rock outcrops, rocks, or tree roots linked to streams.

Nocturnal Roosting Behavior

At night, this skink sleeps on exposed rock faces.

Distinctive Vocal Trait

It is among the small number of skink species that produce sounds when captured.

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

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Scincidae Concinnia

More from Scincidae

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

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