The prickly skink, or prickly forest skink (Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae), is a morphologically and genetically distinctive species of skink endemic to rainforests of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area, in north-eastern Australia. Unlike most small skinks, which have smooth scales, this species has rough, ridged and pointed scales. These keeled scales may be an adaptation to its high-rainfall habitat, to its microhabitat in rotting logs, or to camouflage it when moving through forest leaf-litter.
^Hoskin, C.; Shea, G. (2018). "Concinnia queenslandiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109452257A109452272. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109452257A109452272.en. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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