Notoscincus

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Notoscincus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Reptilia | ordo = Squamata | subordo = Sauria | familia = Scincidae | genus = Notoscincus }} Notoscincus is a genus of skinks. They are also known as Soil-crevice skinks or Snake-eyed skinks. The lined soil-crevice skinks (n. butleri) are located only in arid northwest Western Australia. The ornate soil-crevice skinks (n. ornatus) are known to be found from the far north of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, to South Australia. The subspecies n. ornatus wotjulum is found in the tropical north coast and hinterland, whereas the subspecies n. ornatus ornatus is generally not. Greer (1989) and Horner (1991) considered the two to be separate species.