SKINKS OF THE WORLD (Selection)

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
Blue-tailed Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink	Cryptoblepharus egeriae	Scincidae	CI (extinct in the wild) CKI (deliberately introduced to save the species)
Olive Tree Skink	Dasia olivacea	Scincidae	Southeast Asia
Mangrove Skink or Littoral Whiptail Skink	Emoia atrocostata	Scincidae	CI, Qld, (Cape York, Torres Straight), New Guinea & Pacific Islands, South East Asia
Schneider's Skink or Berber Skink	Eumeces schneiderii	Scincidae	Central Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa
Long Tailed Sun Skink	Eutropis longicaudata (or longicaudatus)	Scincidae	China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Peninsular Malaysia. (Occasional examples turn up in Singapore, where it believed to be not native)
Bronze Mabuya Eutropis macularia)	Eutropis Macularia	Scincidae	Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan
Sun Skink	Eutropis multifasciata	Scincidae	India, Bangladesh to South China, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar , Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines Introduced to USA (Florida) and Taiwan
Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink	Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis	Scincidae	NT, Qld (and New Guinea)
Emerald Tree Skink	Lamprolepis smaragdina	Scincidae	Taiwan, Palawan, Luzon, Davao and Sulu archipelagoes in the Philippines, New Guinea as well as the Indo-Australian archipelago and down south to the Solomon and Santa Cruz islands
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, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Sahara
Lesser Sunda Dark-throated Skink	Sphenomorphus melanopogon	Scincidae	Lesser Sundas (Nusa Tenggara), central Indonesia
Indonesian Bluetongue	Tiliqua gigas	Scincidae	Indonesia (Ambon, Aru Islands, Biak, Halmahera, Kai Islands, Misool, Morotai, Saparua, Seram, Sulawesi, Ternate, Waigeo, Western New Guinea, Yapen), Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago [Admiralty Islands (Manus), New Britain], d'Entrecasteaux Islands (Fergusson, Goodenough, Normanby), Eastern New Guinea, Trobriand Islands
Common Bluetongue	Tiliqua scincoides	Scincidae	Australia (NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic. NT, WA) Indonesia (Maluku Province: Tanimbar, Babar Islands)
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	SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania	Vic = Victoria	WA = Western Australia
NI = Norfolk Island	LHI = Lord Howe Island	ACT = Australian Capital Territory (Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia (paraphyletic)
Subclass:	Diapsida
(unranked):	Sauria
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scleroglossa
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Lygosominae


Skinks of South Australia	Skinks of NSW	Skinks of Qld	Skinks of NT	Skinks of WA	Skinks of Victoria	Skinks of ACT	Skinks of Tasmania


Reptiles of South Australia	Reptiles of Victoria	Reptiles of NSW	Reptiles of Qld	Reptiles of NT	Reptiles of WA	Reptiles of the ACT	Reptiles of Tasmania


Reptiles of Lord Howe Island	Reptiles of Christmas Island	Reptiles of Cocos Keeling Islands	Reptiles of Norfolk Island


Reptiles of Australia	Frogs of Australia	Reptiles of The World	Amphibians of the World

A Selection of SKINKS OF THE WORLD Note that this page includes lizards in the infraorder Scinciformata which are close relatives of true skinks (Scincidae)

Infraorder SCINCIFORMATA

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

FAMILY

Distribution

Ablepharus kitaibelii

Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia

Chalcides ocellatus

Greece, Italy, Malta, northern Africa UAE, Israel, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka

Broadleysaurus major

Africa

Cryptoblepharus egeriae

CI (extinct in the wild) CKI (deliberately introduced to save the species)

Dasia olivacea

Southeast Asia

CI, Qld, (Cape York, Torres Straight), New Guinea & Pacific Islands, South East Asia

Schneider's Skink or Berber Skink

Eumeces schneiderii

Central Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa

Eutropis longicaudata (or longicaudatus)

China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Peninsular Malaysia. (Occasional examples turn up in Singapore, where it believed to be not native)

Eutropis Macularia

Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan

Eutropis multifasciata

India, Bangladesh to South China, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar , Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines Introduced to USA (Florida) and Taiwan

Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis

NT, Qld (and New Guinea)

Lamprolepis smaragdina

Taiwan, Palawan, Luzon, Davao and Sulu archipelagoes in the Philippines, New Guinea as well as the Indo-Australian archipelago and down south to the Solomon and Santa Cruz islands

Lampropholis delicata

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to LHI, New Zealand and Hawaii

Scincopus fasciatus

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Sahara

Sphenomorphus melanopogon

Lesser Sundas (Nusa Tenggara), central Indonesia

Tiliqua gigas

Tiliqua scincoides

Australia (NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic. NT, WA) Indonesia (Maluku Province: Tanimbar, Babar Islands)

Zonosaurus laticaudatus

Madagascar

Zonosaurus maximus

Madagascar

DISTRIBUTION KEY Click on the links below for more information

CI = Christmas Island

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

NT = Northern Territory

Qld = Queensland

SA = South Australia

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

WA = Western Australia

NI = Norfolk Island

LHI = Lord Howe Island

ACT = Australian Capital Territory (Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

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AUSTRALIAN SKINK SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

A Selection of
SKINKS OF THE WORLD

Note that this page includes lizards in the infraorder Scinciformata which are close relatives of true skinks (Scincidae)

Infraorder
SCINCIFORMATA

CI (extinct in the wild)
CKI (deliberately introduced to save the species)

CI, Qld, (Cape York, Torres Straight), New Guinea &
Pacific Islands, South East Asia

Schneider's Skink
or Berber Skink

China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Peninsular Malaysia.
(Occasional examples turn up in Singapore, where it believed to be not native)

India, Bangladesh to South China, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar , Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysian Peninsula, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Introduced to USA (Florida) and Taiwan

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara,
Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Sahara

Australia (NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic. NT, WA)
Indonesia (Maluku Province: Tanimbar, Babar Islands)

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

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