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Guthega Skink
They live in alpine tussock grasslands, heathlands and snow gum woodlands. They are only found in one area in Victoria-Bogong High Plains, another population occurs near Mt. Kosciusko in NSW, but these populations have not been connected for millions of years. They live under rocks.
Egernia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) that occurs in Australia. These skinks are ecologically diverse omnivores that inhabit a wide range of habitats. However, in the loose delimitation (which incorporates about 30 species) the genus is not monophyletic but an evolutionary grade, as has long been suspected due to its lack of characteristic apomorphies.
Some of the skinks traditionally placed in Egernia appear to be among the most intelligent squamates. They have been shown to.. more
