title: Acritoscincus
text: # Acritoscincus
  
  Acritoscincus is a genus of Australian skinks (family Scincidae). It belongs to the Eugongylus group; the genus Oligosoma appears to be a fairly close relative. An alternative name is Bassiana.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Acritoscincus duperreyi (Gray, 1838) -- eastern three-lined skink, bold-striped cool-skink
  * Acritoscincus platynotus (Peters, 1881) -- red-throated cool-skink, red-throated skink
  * Acritoscincus trilineatus (Gray, 1838) -- southwestern cool-skink, western three-lined skink, New Holland skink
  