About Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839)
Bougainville's skink (scientific name Lerista bougainvillii) has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like way. This species is found in south-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands. Its preferred natural habitats are forest and shrubland. It is rarely spotted, because it spends most of its life underneath leaf litter, loose sand, and thin stone slabs. Its reproductive mode varies between different populations: some populations are oviparous (egg-laying), while others are viviparous (live-bearing).
