Cape Melville shadeskink
Species of lizard
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The Cape Melville shadeskink (Saproscincus saltus) is a species of lizards from the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, described in 2013.[2][3][4] It was one of three vertebrates discovered by scientists from James Cook University and National Geographic in an area of mountain rainforest in North Queensland.[3] The lizards are active by day, running and jumping through the mossy boulder fields of Northern Queensland.[3]
| Cape Melville shadeskink | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Saproscincus |
| Species: | S. saltus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saproscincus saltus Hoskin, 2013 | |
