COMMON NAME |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
FAMILY |
Distribution |
European Snake-eyed Skink |
Ablepharus kitaibelii |
Scincidae |
Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia |
Ocellated Skink |
Chalcides ocellatus |
Scincidae |
Greece, Italy, Malta, northern Africa UAE, Israel, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka |
African Plated Lizard |
Broadleysaurus major |
Gerrhosauridae |
Africa |
Schneider's Skink
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Eumeces schneiderii |
Scincidae |
Central Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa |
Sun Skink |
Eutropis multifasciata |
Scincidae |
India, Bangladesh to South China, Taiwan,
Thailand, Myanmar , Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore,
Indonesia,
Papua New Guinea,
Philippines |
Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink |
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis |
Scincidae |
NT, Qld (and New Guinea) |
Grass Skink or Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Rainbow Skink in Hawaii) |
Lampropholis delicata |
Scincidae |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to LHI, New Zealand and Hawaii |
Peters' Banded Skink |
Scincopus fasciatus |
Scincidae |
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara, |
Lesser Sunda Dark-throated Skink |
Sphenomorphus melanopogon |
Scincidae |
Lesser Sundas (Nusa Tenggara), central Indonesia |
Indonesian Bluetongue |
Tiliqua gigas |
Scincidae |
New Guinea |
Common Bluetongue |
Tiliqua scincoides |
Scincidae |
Australia (NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic. NT, WA) |
Western Girdled Lizard |
Zonosaurus laticaudatus |
Gerrhosauridae |
Madagascar |
Madagascan Giant Plated Lizard |
Zonosaurus maximus |
Gerrhosauridae |
Madagascar |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
Subclass: |
Diapsida |
(unranked): |
Sauria |
Infraclass: |
Lepidosauromorpha |
Order: |
Squamata |
Suborder: |
Scleroglossa |
Infraorder: |
Scincomorpha |
Family: |
Scincidae |
Subfamily: |
Lygosominae |
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Reptiles of Lord Howe Island |
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