Tonga Ground Skink
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The Tonga Ground Skink (Tachygia microlepis) is an extinct species of skink
in the Scincidae family.
It was found only in Tonga
.
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
in the Scincidae family.
It was found only in Tonga
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
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Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Tachygia microlepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.