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New skink species Egernia umbra described from Australia

Original: # NewSpecies ! New skink from # australia just snuck in: Egernia umbra Treatment: https:// treatment.plazi.org/id/3B7333

A newly described skink species, Egernia umbra, from Australia has been announced in a Zootaxa publication. The taxonomic treatment has been made openly accessible via Plazi, with the paper listed under DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.5894.4.1. The announcement highlights the continuing discovery of reptile diversity in Australia and the push for open-access, FAIR scientific data.

Why now: The formal description of a new reptile species is fresh news of interest to biologists and taxonomy watchers.

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