SKINKS of Victoria

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)	DISTRIBUTION
Eastern Three-lined Skink or Bold-striped Cool-skink	Acritoscincus duperreyi	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas
Red-throated Skink	Acritoscincus platynotus (was A. platynotum)	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic
Highlands Forest-skink, Southern Elf Skink or McCoy's Skink	Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas
Southern Forest Cool-skink	Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) coventryi	NSW, ACT, Vic
Southern Rainbow-skink	Carlia tetradactyla	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT
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)
Southern Mallee Ctenotus or Porcupine Grass Ctenotus	Ctenotus atlas	NSW, SA, WA, Vic
Short-clawed Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus brachyonyx)	NSW, SA, Qld, Vic
Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus brooksi	NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus	NT, Qld, WA, SA, Vic
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 (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain) (includes skinks previously known as Ctenotus borealis)	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 (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus spaldingi	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic (Introduced into Southern New Guinea and Tasmania)
Eyrean Ctenotus	Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus)	NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT
Copper-Tailed Skink	Ctenotus taeniolatus	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT
Mainland She-oak Skink	Cyclodomorphus michaeli (was casuarina)	NSW, Vic
Alpine She-oak Skink	Cyclodomorphus praealtus (was casuarina)	NSW, Vic
Cunningham's Skink	Egernia cunninghami cunninghami	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Common Black Rock Skink	Egernia saxatilis intermedia	NSW, ACT, Vic
Tree Skink	Egernia striolata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer	Eremiascincus richardsonii	Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic.
Yellow Bellied Water Skink (Status uncertain)	Eulamprus heatwolei	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA
Alpine Water Skink	Eulamprus kosciuskoi	NSW, ACT, Vic
Eastern (Common) Water Skink	Eulamprus quoyii	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Southern Water-skink	Eulamprus tympanum tympanum	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA
Corangamite Water Skink or Dreeite Water Skink Glossary SPRAT Profile	Eulamprus tympanum marnieae	Vic
Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)	Hemiergis decresiensis continentis	(Mainland) SA, Western Vic?
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
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
Common Grass Skink or Garden Skink	Lampropholis guichenoti	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Bougainville's Skink (South-eastern Slider)	Lerista bougainvillii	NSW, SA, Tas, Vic
Eastern Robust Slider	Lerista punctatovittata	SA, NSW, Vic, Qld
Timid Slider	Lerista timida (was L. muelleri) (= L. goerlingi) (= L.rhodonoides)	WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, Vic?
Snowy Mountains Skink or Guthega Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) guthega	NSW, Vic
Desert Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Mountain Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) montana	NSW, ACT, Vic
Bull Skink or Southern Sand-Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) multiscutata	SA, Vic, WA
White's Skink (tenobrosa subspecies- now invalid)	(was Egernia whitii tenobrosa now Liopholis whitii)	SA, Vic
Eastern Mourning Skink	Lissolepis (was Egernia) coventryi	SA, Vic, NSW(?)
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
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
Weasel Skink	Saproscincus mustelinus	NSW, ACT, Vic
Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard	Tiliqua nigrolutea	NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic
Western Blue-Tongued 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

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


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VICTORIAN SKINKS - SPECIES LIST

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Distribution Key

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)

DISTRIBUTION

Acritoscincus duperreyi

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas

Acritoscincus platynotus (was A. platynotum)

NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic

Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) coventryi

NSW, ACT, Vic

Carlia tetradactyla

NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT

Cryptoblepharus australis

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA

Cryptoblepharus pannosus

SA, NT, NSW, QLD, Vic, ACT (possibly introduced)

Ctenotus atlas

NSW, SA, WA, Vic

Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus brachyonyx)

NSW, SA, Qld, Vic

Ctenotus brooksi

NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW

Ctenotus inornatus

NT, Qld, WA, SA, Vic

Ctenotus orientalis (was C. uber orientalis)

Vic, Qld, NSW, ACT, SA, WA, ACT

Ctenotus regius

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic

Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain) (includes skinks previously known as Ctenotus borealis)

NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA

Ctenotus schomburgkii (see also Ctenotus kutjupa)

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA,Vic

* Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus (Status uncertain)

Ctenotus spaldingi

NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic (Introduced into Southern New Guinea and Tasmania)

Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus)

NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT

Ctenotus taeniolatus

NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT

Cyclodomorphus michaeli (was casuarina)

NSW, Vic

Cyclodomorphus praealtus (was casuarina)

NSW, Vic

Egernia cunninghami cunninghami

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic

Egernia saxatilis intermedia

NSW, ACT, Vic

Egernia striolata

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic

Eremiascincus richardsonii

Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic.

Yellow Bellied Water Skink (Status uncertain)

Eulamprus heatwolei

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA

Eulamprus kosciuskoi

NSW, ACT, Vic

Eulamprus quoyii

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic

Eulamprus tympanum tympanum

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA

Eulamprus tympanum marnieae

Vic

Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)

Hemiergis decresiensis continentis

(Mainland) SA, Western Vic?

Hemiergis millewae

NSW, SA, Vic, WA

Hemiergis peronii

SA, Vic, WA

Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)

Hemiergis talbingoensis talbingoensis (split from H. decresiensis)

Vic, NSW, ACT

Lampropholis delicata

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to Lord Howe Island New Zealand and Hawaii

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Acritoscincus platynotus
(was A. platynotum)

Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain)
(includes skinks previously known as Ctenotus borealis)

* Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus
(Status uncertain)

NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic
(Introduced into Southern New Guinea and Tasmania)

Yellow Bellied Water Skink
(Status uncertain)

Three-toed Earless Skink
(Status uncertain)

Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink
(Status uncertain)

Lerista timida
(was L. muelleri)
(= L. goerlingi)
(= L.rhodonoides)