Summary ²

Egernia saxatilis, commonly known as the black rock-skink or black crevice-skink, is a species of moderately large to large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the south east of Australia, mainly on the coast and nearby ranges. The species is locally abundant, but distribution is severely fragmented and number of adults appears to be decreasing.

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