| Pedra Branca Cool-skink or Pedra Branca Skink |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Niveoscincus |
| Species: | N. palfreymani |
| Binomial name | |
| Niveoscincus palfreymani (Rawlinson, 1974) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pseudemoia palfreymani |
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The Pedra Branca Cool-skink, Pedra Branca Skink, or Red-throated Skink (Niveoscincus palfreymani) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and is restricted to Pedra Branca, an island off southern Tasmania of only 2.5 ha, where it is dependent on the seabird colonies.[1][2][3]