The Tonga ground skink (''Tachygyia microlepis'') is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

species of

skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

endemic to the island of

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

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The Reptile Database
Skinks Reptile extinctions since 1500 Extinct animals of Oceania Reptiles described in 1839 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron Species known from a single specimen {{Tonga-stub