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COMMON NAME
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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 inornatus (or 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 (or Ctenotus inornata) Status uncertain |
WA, NT, Qld, SA? |
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 inornatus (or Ctenotus helenae) |
NT, SA, WA |
Top-end Lowlands Ctenotus |
Ctenotus hilli |
NT |
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus
(Status Uncertain)
|
Ctenotus inornatus |
NT, Qld, WA, SA?, Vic? |
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,
|
Crack-dwelling Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rimacola |
NT, WA |
*
Robust Striped Skink or Eastern Striped Skink
|
Ctenotus robustus |
NT, WA |
*
Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus spaldingi |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic
|
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
|
Ctenotus spaldingi (see Ctenotus robustus) |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
Liopholis (was Egernia) kintorei |
NT, SA, WA |
Centralian Ranges Rock-skink |
Liopholis margaretae (was Liopholis margaretae margaretae) |
NT, SA (Central Australia)
|
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
|
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 |
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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RECOMMENDED AMAZON BOOKS
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Skinks of The World |
Skinks of Australia |
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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 |
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