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

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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.

Family
Genus
Acritoscincus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881)

The red-throated cool-skink, also called the red-throated skink, has the scientific name Acritoscincus platynotus. It is a species of skink, which is a type of lizard that belongs to the family Scincidae. 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

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