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COMMON NAME (Internal Link) |
SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link) |
DISTRIBUTION |
Eastern Three-lined Skink |
Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) duperreyi |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas |
Red-throated Skink |
Acritoscincus platynotus
|
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic |
Highlands Forest-skink,
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Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas |
Common Worm-skink |
Anomalopus lentiginosus (status unknown) |
NSW, Qld |
Two-clawed Worm-skink |
Anomalopus leuckartii |
NSW, Qld |
Five-clawed Worm-skink |
Anomalopus mackayi |
NSW, Qld |
Punctate Worm-skink |
Anomalopus swansoni |
NSW |
Three-Clawed Worm-skink or Verreaux's Skink |
Anomalopus verreauxi |
NSW, Qld |
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink |
Austroablepharus (or Proablepharus) kinghorni |
NSW, NT, Qld |
Major Skink |
Bellatorias (was Egernia) frerei |
NSW, Qld |
Land Mullet |
Bellatorias (was Egernia) major |
NSW, Qld |
Red-Tailed Calyptotis Skink |
Calyptotis ruficauda |
North-eastern NSW |
Scute-snouted Calyptotis Skink |
Calyptotis scutirostrum |
North-eastern NSW, South-east Qld |
Southern Forest Cool-skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) coventryi |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Tree-base Litter-skink or Iridescent Litter-skink |
Carlia burnetti - has been renamed Lygisaurus foliorum |
NSW, Qld |
Open-litter Rainbow-skink |
Carlia pectoralis |
NSW, Qld |
Robust Rainbow-skink |
Carlia schmeltzii |
NSW, Qld |
Southern Rainbow-skink |
Carlia tetradactyla |
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT |
Tussock (or Lively) Rainbow-skink |
Carlia vivax |
NSW, Qld |
Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink |
Coeranoscincus reticulatus |
NSW, Qld |
Dark Bar-sided Skink |
Concinnia (was Eulamprus) martini |
NSW, Qld |
Bar-sided Forest-skink |
Concinnia (was Eulamprus) tenuis |
NSW, Qld |
Inland snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus australis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus pannosus |
SA, NT, NSW, QLD, Vic, ACT (possibly introduced) |
Elegant Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus pulcher |
NSW, Qld, SA, WA |
Brown-blazed Wedgesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus allotropis |
NSW, Qld |
Arcane Ctenotus |
Ctenotus arcanus |
NSW, Qld |
Southern Mallee Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus atlas |
NSW, SA, WA, Vic |
Short-clawed Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus brachyonyx) |
NSW, SA, Qld, Vic |
Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus brooksi |
NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW |
Brown-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus eurydice |
NSW?, Qld |
Unspotted Yellow-sided Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ingrami |
NSW, Qld |
Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus leae |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Leonhardi's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus leonhardii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Spotted Ctenotus Skink |
Ctenotus olympicus |
Qld, NSW, SA, NT |
Eastern Ctenotus |
Ctenotus orientalis (was C. uber orientalis) |
Vic, Qld, NSW, ACT, SA, WA, ACT |
Pale-rumped (or Royal) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus regius |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Robust Striped Skink or Eastern Striped Skink
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Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain)
|
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus schomburgkii (see also Ctenotus kutjupa) |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA,Vic |
Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus spaldingi (see Ctenotus robustus) |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
|
Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus strauchii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Eyrean Ctenotus |
Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus) |
NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT |
Copper-Tailed Skink |
Ctenotus taeniolatus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT |
Lord Howe Island Skink |
Cyclodina (was Pseudemoia and Oligosoma ) lichenigera |
LHI, NI |
Pink-Tongued Skink |
Cyclodomorphus (was Hemisphaeriodon) gerrardii |
NSW, Qld |
Spinifex Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus melanops |
NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD |
Mainland She-oak Skink |
Cyclodomorphus michaeli (was casuarina) |
NSW, Vic |
Alpine She-oak Skink |
Cyclodomorphus praealtus (was casuarina) |
NSW, Vic |
Samphire (or Saltbush) Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus venustus |
SA, Qld, NSW |
Cunningham's Skink |
Egernia cunninghami cunninghami |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Sydney Cunningham's Skink (Status uncertain) |
Egernia cunninghami krefftii (Status uncertain) |
NSW |
Eastern Crevice Skink |
Egernia mcpheei |
NSW, Qld |
Kaputar Rock Skink |
Egernia roomi
|
NSW (Nandewar Ranges) |
Common Black Rock Skink |
Egernia saxatilis intermedia |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Warrumbungle Black Rock Skink |
Egernia saxatilis saxatilis |
NSW, (Warrumbungle mountains) |
Eastern Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink |
Egernia stokesii zellingi |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA |
Tree Skink |
Egernia striolata |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Ghost Skink |
Eremiascincus phantasmus |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA |
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer |
Eremiascincus richardsonii |
Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic. |
Yellow Bellied Water Skink
|
Eulamprus heatwolei |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA |
Alpine Water Skink |
Eulamprus kosciuskoi |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Blue Mountains Swamp-Skink |
Eulamprus leuraensis |
NSW |
Eastern (Common) Water Skink |
Eulamprus quoyii |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Southern Water-skink |
Eulamprus tympanum tympanum |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA |
Rainforest Cool-skink |
Harrisoniascincus (was Cautula) zia |
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Three-toed Earless Skink
|
Hemiergis decresiensis davisi - (Correct name should be Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi) |
NSW, Qld? |
Triodia Earless Skink or Millewa Skink |
Hemiergis millewae |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
Peron's (Lowlands) Earless Skink |
Hemiergis peronii |
SA, Vic, WA |
Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain) |
Hemiergis talbingoensis talbingoensis (split from H. decresiensis) |
Vic, NSW, ACT |
Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink
|
Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi (split from H. decresiensis) |
NSW, Qld? |
Blue-speckled Forest-skink or Murray's skink |
Karma
(also known as Silvascincus) murrayi
|
NSW, Qld |
Tryon's Skink |
Karma
|
NSW, Qld |
Friendly Sunskink |
Lampropholis amicula |
NSW, Qld |
Montane Sunskink |
Lampropholis caligula |
NSW |
Grass Skink or Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Rainbow Skink in Hawaii) |
Lampropholis delicata |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to LHI, New Zealand and Hawaii |
Long Sunskink |
Lampropholis elongata |
NSW (Riamukka State Forest area) |
Common Grass Skink or Garden Skink |
Lampropholis guichenoti |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Desert Plain Slider |
Lerista aericeps |
NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA |
Two-toed Skink (North-western Sandslider) |
Lerista bipes |
NT, SA, WA, Qld, NSW? |
Bougainville's Skink (South-eastern Slider) |
Lerista bougainvillii |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic |
Timid Slider |
Lerista goerlingi (see Lerista rhodonoides) |
WA, SA, NT, Vic, NSW, Qld |
Southern Sandslider |
Lerista labialis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Eastern Robust Slider |
Lerista punctatovittata |
SA, NSW, Vic, Qld |
Timid Slider |
Lerista timida
|
WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, Vic? |
Snowy Mountains Skink
|
Liopholis (was Egernia) guthega |
NSW, Vic |
Desert Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Eastern Ranges Rock-skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) modesta |
NSW, Qld |
Mountain Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) montana |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
White's Skink |
Liopholis (was
Egernia) whitii
|
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic (Note that skinks previously called L. margaretae from NSW are now called L. whitii) |
Eastern Mourning Skink |
Lissolepis (was Egernia) coventryi |
SA, Vic, NSW(?) |
Iridescent (or Tree-base) Litter-skink |
Lygisaurus foliorum (was Carlia burnetti) |
NSW, Qld |
Common Dwarf Skink |
Menetia greyii |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Saltbush Morethia Skink |
Morethia adelaidensis |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA, NT? |
South-eastern Morethia Skink |
Morethia boulengeri |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Shrubland Morethia Skink |
Morethia obscura |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
North-eastern Fire-Tailed Skink |
Morethia taeniopleura |
NSW(?), Qld |
Short-limbed Snake-skink |
Ophioscincus truncatus |
NSW, Qld |
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink |
Proablepharus (or Austroablepharus) kinghorni |
NSW, NT, Qld |
Alpine Bog-skink |
Pseudemoia cryodroma |
Vic, NSW |
Southern Grass Skink |
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii |
NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT |
Tussock Skink |
Pseudemoia pagenstecheri |
NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT |
Glossy Grass Skink |
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni |
NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT |
Spencers' Skink or Trunk-climbing Cool-skink |
Pseudemoia spenceri |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Yellow-bellied Three-toed Skink |
Saiphos equalis |
NSW, Qld |
Orange-tailed Shadeskink |
Saproscincus challengeri |
NSW, Qld |
Weasel Skink |
Saproscincus mustelinus |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Heath Shadeskink |
Saproscincus oriarus |
NSW, Qld |
Rose's Shadeskink |
Saproscincus rosei |
NSW, Qld |
Pale-lipped Shade Skink or Gully Shade Skink |
Saproscincus spectabilis |
Qld, NSW (Sydney to Brisbane) |
Blue-speckled Forest-skink or Murray's Skink |
Silvascincus
(also known as Karma) murrayi
|
NSW, Qld |
Tryon's Skink |
Silvascincus
|
NSW, Qld |
Blotched Blue-Tongue Lizard |
Tiliqua nigrolutea |
NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic |
Western Blue-Tongue Lizard |
Tiliqua occipitalis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Common/Eastern Shingleback |
Tiliqua rugosa aspera |
SA, NSW, Vic, Qld, ACT, WA? |
Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard |
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
Subclass: |
Diapsida |
(unranked): |
Sauria |
Infraclass: |
Lepidosauromorpha |
Order: |
Squamata |
Suborder: |
Scleroglossa |
Infraorder: |
Scincomorpha |
Family: |
Scincidae |
Subfamily: |
Lygosominae |
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
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