The Forêt Plate dwarf skink (''Nannoscincus humectus'') is a species of

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

found in

Province Nord The North Province (French ''province Nord'') is one of three administrative subdivisions in New Caledonia. It corresponds to the northern and northeastern portion of the New Caledonian mainland. The provincial government seat is at Koné. Prov ...

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. It's geographical distribution is very limited as it occurs in only two locations in Province Nord, totalling an area of occupancy of . This distribution and the skink's population have been decreasing, for these reasons it is classified by the IUCN as Endangered.

References

Nannoscincus Reptiles described in 2000 Skinks of New Caledonia Endemic fauna of New Caledonia Taxa named by Aaron M. Bauer Taxa named by Ross Allen Sadlier {{Skink-stub