It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

[1][2][3] It is a large, fossorial skink that occurs in the rainforest of coastal ranges and lowlands.

[1] Coeranoscincus frontalis measure 70–291 mm (2.8–11.5 in) in snout–vent length.

There are no external traces of the limbs.

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