| Bougainville's Skink | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. bougainvillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Lerista bougainvillii Gray |
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Bougainville's Skink (Lerista bougainvillii) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found in south-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands. It has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like manner. It is seldom seen as much of its life is spent beneath leaf-litter, loose sand and thin stone slabs.[1][2]