| Pathfinder short-legged skink | |
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| Brachymeles Pathfinder district | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Brachymeles |
| Species: | B. pathfinderi |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachymeles pathfinderi Taylor, 1925 | |
Brachymeles pathfinderi, the pathfinder short-legged skink, is a species of skink endemic to the Philippines. [2]
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