| Two-lined ground skink | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Kaestlea |
| Species: | K. bilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Kaestlea bilineata (Gray, 1846) | |
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