Venezuelan mountain skink
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Orosaura nebulosylvestris

The Venezuelan mountain skink (Orosaura nebulosylvestris ) is a reptile, a member of the skink family, Scincidae. It is monotypic in the genus Orosaura.

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They are distributed throughout the highlands of the Venezuelan coastal range and the Andean Cordillerea of Mérida. The species is found in open areas at the edges of cloud forest, shrubby vegetation of subparamos, and rural gardens.

References

1. Venezuelan mountain skink Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_mountain_skink
2. Venezuelan mountain skink on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47103019/47103028

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