Bougainville's skink
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. bougainvillii
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| Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839)
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Bougainville's skink (Lerista bougainvillii) is a
Etymology
The specific name, bougainvillii, and the common names, Bougainville's skink and Bougainville's lerista, are in honour of French naval officer Hyacinthe de Bougainville.[4]
Geographic range
L. bougainvillii is found in south-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands.[3]
Description
Bougainville's skink has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like manner.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. bougainvillii are forest and shrubland.[1] However, it is seldom seen, as much of its life is spent beneath leaf-litter, loose sand, and thin stone slabs.[3][5]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of L. bougainvillii varies. Some populations are oviparous, but other populations are viviparous.[1][2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Lerista bougainvillii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ ISBN 0-589-50108-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista bougainvillii, p. 33).
- ^ Wildlife of Tasmania – Bougainville’s Skink.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Gray JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many New Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, First Series 2: 331-337. ("Riopa Brougainvillii [sic]", new species, p. 332).
- Greer AE (1967). "A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards". Breviora (267): 1-19. (Lerista bougainvillii, new combination).
- ISBN 978-1921517280.