Adelaide pygmy bluetongue skink

(Tiliqua adelaidensis)

Description

Tiliqua adelaidensis is a herring species described by Peter in 1863.Tiliqua adelaidensis is included in the genus Tiliqua and the family ham.IUCN categorizes the species globally as highly threatened.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Scincidae

Genus:Tiliqua

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