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Long-legged Worm-skink

Anomalopus mackayi

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Anomalopus mackayi, commonly known as the five-clawed worm skink, the long-legged worm skink, and Mackay's burrowing skink, is a species of smooth-scaled burrowing skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia. Etymology The specific name, mackayi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Roy D.

Distribution

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