Nannoscincus rankini

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Nannoscincus rankini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Nannoscincus
Species:
N. rankini
Binomial name
Nannoscincus rankini
Sadlier, 1987

Nannoscincus rankini, Rankin's elf skink, is a species of skink found in New Caledonia. [2]

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References

  1. Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Jourdan , H., Astrongatt, S., Deuss, M., Duval, T., Bourguet, E., McCoy, S., Bouteiller, A. & Lagrange, A. 2021. Nannoscincus rankini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176163A123252382. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176163/123252382. Downloaded on 18 October 2021.
  2. Nannoscincus rankini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.