Indigenous knowledge helps identify new, highly threatened skink in Australia

Mongabay
Apr 23, 2026, 10:04 pm95 ptsTrending
Researchers have described a new-to-science species of skink that may be one of Australia’s most threatened reptiles. The small population of the skink, possibly fewer than 20 individuals, lives in a pocket of rocky gorge within the arid Mutawintji National Park in New South Wales state, the researchers…

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