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Christmas Island Whiptail-skink

Emoia nativitatis

Classification

Family
Scincidae

The Christmas Island forest skink (Emoia nativitatis), also known as the Christmas Island whiptail skink, is an extinct species of skink formerly endemic to Australia's Christmas Island. As of 2017, it is listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List. The last known forest skink, a captive individual named Gump, died on 31 May 2014.

Distribution

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