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SKINKS OF QUEENSLAND - SPECIES LIST

PINK-TONGUE SKINK C yclodomorphus Tiliqua Hemisphaeriodon gerrardi head

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COMMON NAME (Internal Link)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)	DISTRIBUTION
Red-throated Skink	Acritoscincus platynotus (was A. platynotum)	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic
*Short-necked Worm-skink	Praeteropus (was Anomalopus) brevicollis	Qld
Common Worm-skink	Anomalopus lentiginosus (now called Anomalopus leuckartii)	NSW, Qld
Speckled Worm-skink	Anomalopus (or Praeteropus) gowi	Qld
Two-clawed Worm-skink	Anomalopus leuckartii	NSW, Qld
Five-clawed Worm-skink	Anomalopus mackayi	NSW, Qld
Cape York Worm-skink	Anomalopus pluto	Qld
Three-Clawed Worm-skink or Verreaux's Skink	Anomalopus verreauxi	NSW, Qld
*Mt Surprise Soil-crevice Skink or Lyon's Grassland Striped Skink	Austroablepharus barrylyoni	Qld
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink or Kinghorn's Snake-Eyed Skink	Austroablepharus kinghorni	NSW, NT, Qld, SA
Major Skink	Bellatorias (was Egernia) frerei	NSW, Qld, Southern New Guinea & Torres Strait
Thornton Peak Uplands Skink	Calorodius (was Calyptotis) thorntonensis	North Qld (Thornton Uplands)
Cone Eared Calyptotis	Calyptotis lepidorostrum	Qld (South/central East coast)
Scute-snouted Calyptotis Skink	Calyptotis scutirostrum	North-eastern NSW, South-east Qld
Broad-templed Calyptotis Skink	Calyptotis temporalis	Qld (East coast)
Bauxite or Two-spined Rainbow-skink	Carlia amax	NT, Qld, WA
Rainbow-skink	Carlia bicarinata (Status in Australia uncertain) see C. storri	Qld? (Cape York Peninsula? and also New Guinea)
Tree-base Litter-skink or Iridescent Litter-skink	Carlia burnetti - has been renamed Lygisaurus foliorum	NSW, Qld
Northern Red-throated Rainbow-skink	Carlia crypta	Qld
Elegant Rainbow-skink	Carlia decora	Qld
Sandy Rainbow-skink	Carlia dogare	Qld
Whitsunday Rainbow-skink	Carlia inconnexa (Previously C.pectoralis inconnexa)	Qld (offshore islands only)
Monsoonal Three-keeled Rainbow-skink	Carlia isostriacantha	NT, WA, Qld?
Lined Rainbow-skink	Carlia jarnoldae	Qld
Closed-litter Rainbow-skink	Carlia longipes	Qld
Shaded-Litter Rainbow-skink	Carlia munda	NT, Qld, WA
Open-litter Rainbow-skink	Carlia pectoralis	NSW, Qld
Five Keeled or Long-named Rainbow-skink	Carlia quinquecarinata	Qld Darnley Island (Erub Island)in the Torres Strait (New Guinea?)
Blue-throated Rainbow-skink	Carlia rhomboidalis	Qld
Black-throated Rainbow-skink	Carlia rostralis	Qld
Orange Flanked Rainbow-skink	Carlia rubigo (previously C. pectoralis)	Qld
Red Throated Rainbow-skink	Carlia rubrigularis	Qld
Robust Rainbow-skink	Carlia schmeltzii	NSW, Qld
Six-toothed Rainbow-skink	Carlia sexdentata	NT, Qld
Brown Bicarinate Rainbow-skink	Carlia storri (Split from C. bicarinata)	Qld
Southern Rainbow-skink	Carlia tetradactyla	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT
Desert Rainbow-skink	Carlia triacantha	NT, SA, WA (Qld?)
Tussock (or Lively) Rainbow-skink	Carlia vivax	NSW, Qld
Limbless Snake-tooth Skink	Coeranoscincus frontalis	Qld
Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink	Coeranoscincus reticulatus	NSW, Qld
Satinay Sand Skink	Coggeria naufragus	Qld (Fraser Island)
Lemon-barred Forest-skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) amplus	Qld
* Northern Bar-sided Skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) brachysoma	Qld
Bartle Frere Bar-sided Skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) frerei	Qld
Dark Bar-sided Skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) martini	NSW, Qld
Stout Bar-sided Skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) sokosoma	Qld
Bar-sided Forest-skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) tenuis	NSW, Qld
Yellow-blotched Forest-skink	Concinnia (was Eulamprus) tigrinus (or tigrina)	Qld
Adams' Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus adamsi (was C. virgatus)	North-eastern Qld
Inland snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus australis	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Black-boulder (or Fuhn'sShinning (Snake-eyed) Skink	Cryptoblepharus fuhni	Qld (Cape Melville)
Supralittoral (or Coastal) Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink	Cryptoblepharus litoralis	Far-northern NT, Coastal Qld
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)
Elegant Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus pulcher	NSW, Qld, SA, WA
Cream-striped Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink or Wall Skink	Cryptoblepharus virgatus	Qld (Cape York)
Agile Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus zoticus	NT, Qld
Field Ctenotus	Ctenotus agrestis	Qld
Lively Ctenotus	Ctenotus alacer	NT, Qld, WA
Brown-blazed Wedgesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus allotropis	NSW, Qld
Airlie Island Ctenotus	Ctenotus angusticeps	WA (Airlie Island)
Arcane Ctenotus	Ctenotus arcanus	NSW, Qld
Ariadna's Ctenotus	Ctenotus ariadnae	WA, SA, Qld, NT
Stony Downs Ctenotus	Ctenotus astarte	Qld, SA
Short-clawed Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus brachyonyx)	NSW, SA, Qld, Vic
Short-footed Ctenotus	Ctenotus brevipes (was Ctenotus essingtonii brevipes)	Qld
Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus brooksi	NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW
Capricorn Ctenotus	Ctenotus capricorni	Qld
Ten-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus decaneurus	NT, WA, Qld
Fine Side-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus dux
Brown-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus eurydice	NSW, Qld
Black-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus eutaenius	Qld
Clay-soil Ctenotus Status uncertain	Ctenotus helenae (or Ctenotus inornata) Status uncertain	WA, NT, Qld, SA?
Stout Ctenotus	Ctenotus hebetior	NT, Qld
Unspotted Yellow-sided Ctenotus	Ctenotus ingrami	NSW, Qld
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus	NT, Qld, WA, SA?, Vic?
Stony-soil (or Rock) Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus saxatilis)	NT, Qld, SA,WA
Black-soil Ctenotus	Ctenotus joanae	NT, Qld, SA
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
Atherton Ctenotus	Ctenotus monticola	Qld
Nullum Ctenotus	Ctenotus nullum	Qld
Spotted Ctenotus Skink	Ctenotus olympicus	Qld, NSW, SA, NT
Eastern Ctenotus	Ctenotus orientalis (was C. uber orientalis)	Vic, Qld, NSW, ACT, SA, WA, ACT
Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies)	Ctenotus pantherinus acripes	Northern and eastern NT, inland Qld, north-eastern SA, Barrow Island WA
Coarse Sands Ctenotus	Ctenotus piankai	NT, SA, WA, Qld?
Red-sided Ctenotus	Ctenotus pulchellus	NT, Qld
Quinkan Ctenotus	Ctenotus quinkan	Qld
Cape Heath Ctenotus	Ctenotus rawlinsoni	Qld
Pale-rumped (or Royal) Ctenotus	Ctenotus regius	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic
* Robust Striped Skink or Eastern Striped Skink (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain) (includes skinks previously known as Ctenotus borealis)	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Red-earth Ctenotus or Rosy Ctenotus	Ctenotus rosarium	Qld
Stony-soil (or Rock) Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus saxatilis)	NT, Qld, SA,WA
Black-soil Rises Ctenotus	Ctenotus schevilli	Qld
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
Gravel-downs Ctenotus	Ctenotus serotinus (Possibly extinct)	Qld
* Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus spaldingi (see Ctenotus robustus)	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA (Distribution uncertain)
Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus strauchii	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA
Stripe-headed Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus striaticeps	NT, Qld
Eyrean Ctenotus	Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus)	NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT
Copper-Tailed Skink	Ctenotus taeniolatus	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT
Hinchinbrook Ctenotus	Ctenotus terrareginae	Qld
Southern Cape York Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus zebrilla	Qld
Pink-Tongued Skink	Cyclodomorphus (was Hemisphaeriodon) gerrardii	NSW, Qld
Spinifex Slender Bluetongue	Cyclodomorphus melanops	NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD
Samphire (or Saltbush) Slender Bluetongue	Cyclodomorphus venustus	SA, Qld, NSW
Cunningham's Skink	Egernia cunninghami cunninghami	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Hosmer's Skink	Egernia hosmeri	NT, Qld
Eastern Crevice Skink	Egernia mcpheei	NSW, Qld
Yakka Skink	Egernia rugosa	Qld
*Eastern Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink	Egernia stokesii zellingi	NSW, NT, Qld, SA
Tree Skink	Egernia striolata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Mangrove Skink or Littoral Whiptail Skink	Emoia atrocostata	CI, Qld, (Cape York & Torres Straight), New Guinea & Pacific Islands, South East Asia
Scrub Whiptail Skink	Emoia longicauda	Qld , New Guinea
Narrow-Banded Sand Swimmer	Eremiascincus fasciolatus	Qld ( Range has been reduced)
Northern Bar-lipped Skink	Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) isolepis	NT, WA,QLD
Lowlands Bar-lipped Skink	Eremiascincus pallidus (was Eremiascincus fasciolatus)	Qld
Lowlands Bar-lipped Skink	Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) pardalis	Qld, New Guinea
Ghost Skink	Eremiascincus phantasmus	NSW, NT, Qld, SA
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer	Eremiascincus richardsonii	Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic.
Northern Elf Skink	Eroticoscincus (was Hemiergis) graciloides	Qld
Sheen-skink	Eugongylus albofasciolatus	Qld, Solomon islands, New Britain, New Ireland, Micronesia
Bar-lipped Sheen-skink	Eugongylus rufescens	Qld
Orange-speckled Forest-skink	Eulamprus (Tumbunascincus, Sphenomorhus or Magmellia) luteilateralis STATUS UNCERTAIN	Qld
Eastern (Common) Water Skink	Eulamprus quoyii	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Mount Elliot Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus clandestinus	Qld
Slender Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus cracens	Qld
Cape York Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus(= crassicaudis =crassicaudum) (was Eremiascincus crassicaudus)	Qld
Brown-tailed Bar-lipped Skink	Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis	Qld
Atherton Tableland Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus mjobergi	Qld
Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink	Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis	NT, Qld (and New Guinea)
Dwarf Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus pumilus	Qld
Fine-spotted Mulch-skink	Glaphyromorphus punctulatus	Qld
Prickly Forest Skink	Gnypetoscincus (or Concinnia) queenslandiae	Qld
Rainforest Cool-skink	Harrisoniascincus (was Cautula) zia	NSW, Qld
Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)	Hemiergis decresiensis davisi - (Correct name should be Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi)	NSW, Qld?
Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)	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	Silvascincus (also known as Karma) tryoni	NSW, Qld
Diamond-shielded Sunskink	Lampropholis adonis	Qld
Friendly Sunskink	Lampropholis amicula	NSW, Qld
Bellenden Ker Sunskink	Lampropholis bellendenkerensis	Qld
Rainforest Sunskink	Lampropholis coggeri	Qld
Bunya Mountains Sunskink	Lampropholis colossus	Qld
Plain-backed Sunskink	Lampropholis couperi	Qld
Grass Skink or Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Rainbow Skink in Hawaii)	Lampropholis delicata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to Lord Howe Island New Zealand and Hawaii
Mount Elliot Sunskink	Lampropholis elliotensis	Qld
* Common Grass Skink or Garden Skink	Lampropholis guichenoti	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
*Scawfell Island Sunskink	Lampropholis isla (New Species 2025)	Qld (Scawfell Island)
Saxicoline Sunskink	Lampropholis mirabilis	Qld
Grey-bellied Sunskink	Lampropholis robertsi	Qld
Grey-bellied Sunskink	Lampropholis similis	Qld
Desert Plain Slider	Lerista aericeps	NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA
*Bulleringa Fine-LinedSlider	Lerista alia	Qld
Greater Robust Fine-lined Slider or Retro Slider	Lerista allanae	Qld (Clermont area)
Limbless Fine-lined Slider	Lerista ameles	Qld
Olkola Slider	Lerista anyara	Qld
Two-toed Skink (North-western Sandslider)	Lerista bipes	NT, SA, WA, Qld, NSW?
Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider	Lerista chalybura	Qld
Lyre-patterned Slider	Lerista chordae	Qld (Torrens Creek area)
Vine-thicket Fine-lined Slider	Lerista cinerea	Qld
Nubbined Fine-lined Slider	Lerista colliveri	Qld
Central Deserts Robust Slider	Lerista desertorum	NT, SA, WA, Qld
Noonbah Robust Slider	Lerista emmotti	Qld
Eastern Mulch-slider	Lerista fragilis	Qld
*Timid Slider	Lerista goerlingi (see Lerista rhodonoides)	WA, SA, NT, Vic, NSW, Qld
McIvor River Slider	Lerista ingrami	Qld
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
*Chillagoe Fine-lined Slider	Lerista parameles	Qld
Eastern Robust Slider	Lerista punctatovittata	SA, NSW, Vic, Qld
Rochford Slider	Lerista rochfordensis	Qld
*Mount Surprise Slider	Lerista storri	Qld
Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider	Lerista stylis	NT, Qld
Timid Slider	Lerista timida (was L. muelleri) (= L. goerlingi) (= L.rhodonoides)	WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, Vic?
Side-striped Fine-lined Slider	Lerista vittata	Qld
Two-toed Fine-lined Slider	Lerista wilkinsi	Qld
North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider	Lerista zonulata	Qld
Coen Rock (or Rainbow) Skink	Liburnascincus (was Carlia) coensis	(North-eastern Cape York) Qld
*Bamboo Range Rock Skink	Liburnascincus artemis	(North-eastern Cape York) Qld
Outcrop Rainbow-Skink	Liburnascincus (was Carlia) mundivensis	(Eastern )Qld
Black Mountain Rock Skink or Black Mountain Rainbow-Skink	Liburnascincus (was Carlia) scirtetis	(near Cooktown) Qld
Desert Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Eastern Ranges Rock-skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) modesta	NSW, Qld
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)
Large-disced Litter-skink	Lygisaurus aeratus	Qld
* Iridescent (or Tree-base) Litter-skink	Lygisaurus foliorum (was Carlia burnetti)	NSW, Qld
Rainforest Edge Litter-skink	Lygisaurus laevis	Qld
Translucent Litter-skink	Lygisaurus macfarlani	Qld
Fire-tailed Rainbow-skink	Lygisaurus (was Carlia) parrhasius	Qld
Crevice Rainbow-skink	Lygisaurus (or Carlia rimula)	Qld (Iron Range)
Chillagoe Litter-skink	Lygisaurus rococo	Qld
Eastern Cape Litter-skink	Lygisaurus sesbrauna	Qld
Endeavour River Litter-skink	Lygisaurus tanneri	Qld
Sun-loving Litter-skink	Lygisaurus zuma	Qld
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
North-eastern Fire-Tailed Skink	Morethia taeniopleura	NSW(?), Qld
Nangur Spiny Skink	Nangura (was Concinnia) spinosa	Qld
*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
Cooloola Snake-skink	Ophioscincus coolooensis	Qld
Yolk-bellied Snake Skink	Ophioscincus ophioscincus	Qld
Short-limbed Snake-skink	Ophioscincus truncatus	NSW, Qld
*Sandstone Worm-skink	Praeteropus auxilliger	Qld
*Short-necked Worm-skink	Praeteropus (was Anomalopus) brevicollis	Qld
Speckled Worm-skink	Praeteropus (or Anomalopus) gowi	Qld
*Mount Abbot Worm-skink	Praeteropus monachus	Qld
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink	Proablepharus (or Austroablepharus) kinghorni	NSW, NT, Qld
Northern Soil-crevice Skink	Proablepharus tenuis	NT, Qld, WA
*Fine-browed Dwarf Skink	Pygmaeascincus (was Menetia) koshlandae	Eastern Cape York Qld
*Magnetic Island Dwarf Skink	Pygmaeascincus (was Menetia) sadlieri	Magnetic Island,- Qld
Dwarf Litter-skink	Pygmaeascincus (Was Lygisaurus) timlowi	Qld
Yellow-bellied Three-toed Skink	Saiphos equalis	NSW, Qld
Pale-lipped Shadeskink	Saproscincus basiliscus	Qld
Orange-tailed Shadeskink	Saproscincus challengeri	NSW, Qld
Wedge-snouted Shadeskink	Saproscincus czechurai	Qld
Hannah's Shadeskink	Saproscincus eungellensis	Qld (Eungella National Park,Clarke Range, )
Lewis' Shadeskink	Saproscincus lewisi	Qld (Cooktown region)
Heath Shadeskink	Saproscincus oriarus	NSW, Qld
Rose's Shadeskink	Saproscincus rosei	NSW, Qld
Cape Melville Shadeskink	Saproscincus saltus	Qld
Pale-lipped Shade Skink or Gully Shade Skink	Saproscincus spectabilis	Qld, NSW (Sydney to Brisbane)
Four-fingered Shade skink	Saproscincus tetradactyla	Qld (Cairns Region)
Blue-speckled Forest-skink or Murray's Skink	Silvascincus (also known as Karma) murrayi	NSW, Qld
Tryon's Skink	Silvascincus (also known as Karma) tryoni	NSW, Qld
Bartle Frere Cool-skink	Techmarscincus (was Bartleia) jigurru	Qld
Centralian Blue-Tongue Lizard	Tiliqua multifasciata	NT, Qld, SA, WA
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
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)