"Metallic skink" may also refer to the garden skink (Lampropholis delicata).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Metallic Coolskink being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
- Acritoscincus trilineatus
- Carinascincus coventryi
- Carinascincus pretiosus
- Oligosoma zelandicum
- Oligosoma smithi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Carinascincus
- Species
- Carinascincus metallicus
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