Yakka skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Egernia |
Species: | E. rugosa
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Binomial name | |
Egernia rugosa
De Vis, 1888
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The yakka skink (Egernia rugosa) is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Brigalow Belt in Queensland in eastern Australia. [2] [3]
It is listed as a vulnerable species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [4]