THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes, Lizards, Crocodiles, Turtles, and Amphibians

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SKINKS OF NORTHERN TERRITORY- SPECIES LIST

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Distribution Key

NT, Qld

NT

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)	DISTRIBUTION
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink or Kinghorn's Snake-Eyed Skink	Austroablepharus kinghorni	NSW, NT, Qld, SA
*Orange-tailed Grassland Striped Skink or Orange-tailed Soil-crevice Skink	Austroablepharus naranjicaudus	NT
Arnhem Land Skink	Bellatorias obiri (was Egernia arnhemensis)	NT
Bauxite or Two-spined Rainbow-skink	Carlia amax	NT, Qld, WA
Slender Rainbow-skink	Carlia gracilis	NT, WA
Monsoonal Three-keeled Rainbow-skink	Carlia isostriacantha	NT, WA, Qld?
Shaded-Litter Rainbow-skink	Carlia munda	NT, Qld, WA
Red-sided Rainbow-skink	Carlia rufilatus	NT, WA
Six-toothed Rainbow-skink	Carlia sexdentata	NT, Qld
Desert Rainbow-skink	Carlia triacantha	NT, SA, WA (Qld?)
Inland snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus australis	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Swanson's Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus cygnatus	Far-northern NT
Dappled Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus daedalos	Far-northern NT
Noble Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus exochus	NT, WA (Northern border area)
Arafura Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus gurrmul (was C. litoralis).	NT (Oxley, New Year and North Goulburn Islands)
Juno's Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus juno	North-western NT, Far-northern WA
Supralittoral (or Coastal) Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink	Cryptoblepharus litoralis	Far-northern NT, Coastal Qld
Blotched Shinning Snake-eyed) Skink	Cryptoblepharus megastictus	Far-northern WA, (NT?)
Mertens' Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus mertensi	North-eastern NT
Metallic Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus metallicus	NT, Qld, WA
Pale Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus ochrus	SA (NT?, Qld?)
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus pannosus	SA, NT, NSW, QLD, Vic, ACT (possibly introduced)
Tawny Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus ruber	NT, WA
Spangled Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus wulbu	Far-north NT
Agile Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus zoticus	NT, Qld
Lively Ctenotus	Ctenotus alacer	NT, Qld, WA
Ariadna's Ctenotus	Ctenotus ariadnae	WA, SA, Qld, NT
Jabiluka Ctenotus	Ctenotus arnhemensis	NT
White-faced Ctenotus	Ctenotus borealis (name obsolete - see Ctenotus robustus)	NT
Short-clawed Ctenotus	*Ctenotus brachyonyx*	NSW, SA, Qld, Vic
Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus brooksi	NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW
Blue-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus calurus	WA, NT, SA
Brown-backed Ctenotus	Ctenotus coggeri	NT
Buff-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus colletti	NT, WA
Ten-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus decaneurus	NT, WA, Qld
Fine Side-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus dux
*Lowlands Plain-backed (or Essington) Ctenotus	Ctenotus essingtonii	NT
Clay-soil Ctenotus	Ctenotus helenae	NT, SA, WA, Qld?
Magela Ctenotus	Ctenotus gagudju	NT
Grand Ctenotus	Ctenotus grandis	NT, SA, WA
Spotted-necked Ctenotus	Ctenotus greeri	NT, WA, SA
Nimble Ctenotus	Ctenotus hanloni	NT, SA, WA
Stout Ctenotus	Ctenotus hebetior	NT, Qld
Nimble Ctenotus	Ctenotus hanloni	NT, SA, Qld
Clay-soil Ctenotus	Ctenotus helenae	NT, SA, WA, Qld?
Top-end Lowlands Ctenotus	Ctenotus hilli	NT
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus	NT, Qld, WA
Black-soil Ctenotus	Ctenotus joanae	NT, Qld, SA
Kurnbudj Ctenotus	Ctenotus kurnbudj	NT
Kutjupa Wedge-snout Ctenotus/Skink	Ctenotus kutjupa	WA, SA, NT (Great Victoria Desert and adjacent regions)
Gravelly-soil Ctenotus	Ctenotus lateralis	Qld, NT?
Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus leae	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
Leonhardi's Ctenotus	Ctenotus leonhardii	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
Soldier Ctenotus	Ctenotus militaris	NT, WA
Nasute Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus nasutus	NT, WA, SA?
Spotted Ctenotus Skink	Ctenotus olympicus	Qld, NSW, SA, NT
North-western Wedgesnout Ctenotus/Skink	Ctenotus pallescens	NT, WA
Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies)	Ctenotus pantherinus acripes	Northern and eastern NT, inland Qld, north-eastern SA, Barrow Island WA
Kimberly Leopard Ctenotus	Ctenotus pantherinus calx	Kimberley region, WA, extending into NT
Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies)	Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer	Pilbara and Southern Kimberly extending through central WA, into south-western NT, and inland South Australia
Coarse Sands Ctenotus	Ctenotus piankai	NT, SA, WA, Qld?
Red-sided Ctenotus	Ctenotus pulchellus	NT, Qld
Fourteen Lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus	NT, SA, WA
Spear-like Ctenotus	Ctenotus quirinus	NT
Pale-rumped (or Royal) Ctenotus	Ctenotus regius	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic
Kimberley Lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus rhabdotus	north-western NT, north-eastern WA
Crack-dwelling Ctenotus	Ctenotus rimacola	NT, WA
* Robust Striped Skink or Eastern Striped Skink (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus robustus	NT, WA
* Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus spaldingi	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic (Introduced into Southern New Guinea and Tasmania)
Stony-soil (or Rock) Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus saxatilis)	NT, Qld, SA,WA
Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus schomburgkii (see also Ctenotus kutjupa)	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA,Vic
Massive-gibber Ctenotus	Ctenotus septenarius	NT, SA, QLD, WA
* Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus spaldingi (see Ctenotus robustus)	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA (Distribution uncertain)
Buff-striped Ctenotus	Ctenotus storri	NT
Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus strauchii	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
Stripe-headed Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus striaticeps
Stuart's Ctenotus	Ctenotus stuarti	NT
Sharp-browed Ctenotus	Ctenotus superciliaris	NT, WA (North-west of Australia)
Eyrean Ctenotus	Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus)	NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT
Tanami Ctenotus	Ctenotus tanamiensis	NT, WA
Kimberly Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus tantillus	NT, WA
Scant-striped Ctenotus	Ctenotus vertebralis	NT
Spinifex Slender Bluetongue	Cyclodomorphus melanops	NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD
Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink	Egernia eos (split from Egernia depressa )	NT, SA?, WA
Hosmer's Skink	Egernia hosmeri	NT, Qld
*Eastern Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink	Egernia stokesii zellingi	NSW, NT, Qld, SA
Tree Skink	Egernia striolata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Orange-sided Bar-lipped Skink	Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) douglasi	NT
Northern Narrow-Banded Sand Swimmer	Eremiascincus intermedius (was Eremiascincus fasciolatus)	NT, WA
Northern Bar-lipped Skink	Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) isolepis	NT, WA,QLD
Western Narrow-banded Skink	Eremiascincus pallidus (was Eremiascincus fasciolatus)	WA, NT, SA
Ghost Skink	Eremiascincus phantasmus	NSW, NT, Qld, SA
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer	Eremiascincus richardsonii	Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic.
Arnhem Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus	NT
Northern Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis	NT, WA
Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink	Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis	NT, Qld (and New Guinea)
Desert Plain Slider	Lerista aericeps	NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA
Two-toed Skink (North-western Sandslider)	Lerista bipes	NT, SA, WA, Qld, NSW?
Inland Kimberly Slider	Lerista borealis	NT, WA
Carpentaria Fine-lined Slider	Lerista carpentariae
Central Deserts Robust Slider	Lerista desertorum	NT, SA, WA, Qld
Centralian Slider	Lerista frosti	NT
*Timid Slider	Lerista goerlingi (see Lerista rhodonoides)	WA, SA, NT, Vic, NSW, Qld
South-eastern Kimberly Sandslider	Lerista greeri	WA, NT?
Stout Sandslider	Lerista griffini	NT, WA
Robust Duneslider	Lerista ips	NT, WA
Lesser Robust Fine-lined Slider	Lerista karlschmidti	NT, Qld?
Southern Sandslider	Lerista labialis	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider	Lerista orientalis	NT, Qld, WA
Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider	Lerista stylis	NT, Qld
Ribbon Slider	Lerista taeniata	NT, WA, SA
Robust Mulch-slider	Lerista terdigitata	SA
Timid Slider	Lerista timida (was L. muelleri) (= L. goerlingi) (= L.rhodonoides)	WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, Vic?
Yellow-tailed Plain Slider	Lerista xanthura	NT, WA
Desert Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
*Great Desert Skink or Kintore's Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) kintorei	NT, SA, WA
Centralian Ranges Rock-skink	Liopholis margaretae (was Liopholis margaretae margaretae)	NT, SA (Central Australia) (Not found in NSW)
Centralian Floodplains Desert-skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) slateri	NT, SA
Nocturnal Desert-skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) striata	NT, SA, WA
White's Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) whitii (includes skinks previously known as Egernia whitii tenobrosa)	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic (Note that skinks previously called L. margaretae from NSW are now called L. whitii)
Top End Dwarf Skink	Menetia alanae	NT
Jabiluka Dwarf Skink	Menetia concinna	NT
Common Dwarf Skink	Menetia greyii	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Northern Dwarf Skink	Menetia maini	NT, Qld, 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
Lined Firetail Skink	Morethia ruficauda	NT, SA, WA
Top End Firetail Skink	Morethia storri	NT, WA
*Ornate Soil-crevice Skink (Subspecies)	Notoscincus ornatus ornatus	NT, Qld, SA, WA
*Ornate Soil-crevice Skink (Subspecies)	Notoscincus ornatus wotjulum (or Notoscncus wotjulum) status uncertain - see below	NT, Qld, WA
*Ornate Soil-crevice Skink	Notoscincus wotjulum (or Notoscncus ornatus wotjulum) status uncertain - see above	NT, Qld, WA
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink	Proablepharus (or Austroablepharus) kinghorni	NSW, NT, Qld
Western Soil-crevice Skink	Proablepharus reginae	NT, SA, WA
Northern Soil-crevice Skink	Proablepharus tenuis	NT, Qld, WA
Centralian Blue-Tongue Lizard	Tiliqua multifasciata	NT, Qld, SA, WA
Western Blue-Tongue Lizard	Tiliqua occipitalis	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Northern Bluetongue Lizard	Tiliqua scincoides intermedia	NT, Qld, WA

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

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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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)