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Plague Skink
Lampropholis delicata De Vis, 1888

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to eastern Australia. It is established throughout Hawai’i (Loveridge, 1939, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52: 1–2; Oliver and Shaw, 1953, Zoologica 38: 65– 95; McKeown, 1978, Hawaiian Reptiles and Amphibians. Oriental Publishing Company, Honolulu, Hawai'i. 80pp; Baker, 1980, Pacific Science 33: 207–212).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1888 De Vis, Charles W. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(2):811-826
1939 Loveridge, Arthur. A new skink (Leiolepisma hawaiiensis) from Honolulu. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52():1-2
1953 Oliver, James A. and Charles Shaw. The amphibians and reptiles of the Hawaiian Islands. Zoologica 38():65- 95
1978 McKeown, Sean. Hawaiian reptiles and amphibians. Oriental Publishing Company, Honolulu, Hawai'i. 80pp.
1980 Baker, J. K. The rainbow skink Lampropholis delicata, in Hawaii. Pacific Science 33(2):207-212

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