Great Desert Skink
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Egernia kintorei Stirling & Zietz, 1893 |
The Great Desert Skink (Egernia kintorei) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found only in Australia.
The great desert skink is a large lizard that grows up to 40 cm long and weigh up to 350 grams. The great dessert skink has a reddish-tanned and smooth skin, with creamy-lemony flanks and yellow belly scales
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- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Egernia kintorei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.