Egernia gillespieae

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Egernia gillespieae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Egernia
Species:
E. gillespieae
Binomial name
Egernia gillespieae
Thorn, Hutchinson, Archer, & Lee, 2019

Egernia gillespieae is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

The species was endemic to Northern Australia. [1]

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References

  1. Thorn, Kailah M.; Hutchinson, Mark N.; Archer, Michael; Lee, Michael S. Y. (2019). "A New Scincid Lizard from the Miocene of Northern Australia, and the Evolutionary History of Social Skinks (Scincidae: Erginiinae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1577873. (Egernia gillespieae, new species).