THE REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - SKINKS

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Skinks of Australia

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BLACK-TAILED BAR-LIPPED SKINK
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis

Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis
This Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink (Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis) is from North of Musgrave, Qld. Photographed by JP Polikalepo.

This species is one of the few Australian lizards that may lay eggs or be live bearing,
depending on geographic locality.

It occurs on the East coast of far North Qld from the Ingham area to North of Cooktown,
and across the top of Cape York Qld.
It also occurs in Southern Papua New Guinea, and Irian Jaya (Indonesia)

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SKINKS OF THE WORLD

Skinks of Australia

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