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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION |
Western Three-lined Skink |
Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) trilineatus |
WA, SA |
Bauxite or Two-spined Rainbow-skink |
Carlia amax |
NT, Qld, WA |
Slender Rainbow-skink |
Carlia gracilis |
NT, WA |
Whitsunday Rainbow-skink |
Carlia inconnexa (Previously C.pectoralis inconnexa) |
Qld (offshore islands only) |
Kimberley Islands Rainbow-skink |
Carlia insularis |
WA (offshore islands only ?) |
Monsoonal Three-keeled Rainbow-skink |
Carlia isostriacantha |
NT, WA, Qld? |
Rough Brown Rainbow-skink |
Carlia johnstonei |
WA |
Shaded-Litter Rainbow-skink |
Carlia munda |
NT, Qld, WA |
Red-sided Rainbow-skink |
Carlia rufilatus |
NT, WA |
Desert Rainbow-skink |
Carlia triacantha |
NT, SA, WA (Qld?) |
Inland snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus australis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus buchananii |
WA |
Noble Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus exochus |
NT, WA (Northern border area) |
Juno's Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus juno |
North-western NT, Far-northern WA |
Blotched Shinning Snake-eyed) Skink |
Cryptoblepharus megastictus |
Far-northern WA, (NT?) |
Metallic Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus metallicus |
NT, Qld, WA |
Callose-palmed (or Peron's) Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink |
Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus |
WA |
Elegant Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus pulcher |
NSW, Qld, SA, WA |
Tawny Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus ruber |
NT, WA |
Pygmy Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus tytthos |
WA |
Russet Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus ustulatus |
WA |
Lively Ctenotus |
Ctenotus alacer | >
NT, Qld, WA |
Ajana Ctenotus |
Ctenotus alleni |
WA |
Airlie Island Ctenotus |
Ctenotus angusticeps |
WA (Airlie Island) |
Ariadna's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ariadnae |
WA, SA, Qld, NT |
Southern Mallee Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus atlas |
NSW, SA, WA, Vic |
Western Limestone Ctenotus |
Ctenotus australis |
WA |
Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus brooksi |
NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW |
Plain-backed Kimberley Ctenotus |
Ctenotus burbidgei |
WA |
Blue-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus calurus |
WA, NT, SA |
Chain-striped South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus catenifer |
WA |
Brown-backed Ctenotus |
Ctenotus coggeri |
NT |
Buff-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus colletti |
NT, WA |
Ten-lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus decaneurus |
NT, WA, Qld |
Darling Range South-west (or Darling Range Heath) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus delli |
WA |
Pilbara Ctenotus |
Ctenotus duricola |
WA |
Fine Side-lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus dux |
|
Brown-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ehmanni |
WA |
Eucla Ctenotus |
Ctenotus euclae
|
SA, WA |
Clay-soil Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus helenae (or Ctenotus inornata) Status uncertain |
WA, NT, Qld, SA? |
West-coast Laterite Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus fallens) |
WA |
Jewelled South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus gemmula |
WA |
Grand Ctenotus |
Ctenotus grandis |
NT, SA, WA |
Spotted-necked Ctenotus |
Ctenotus greeri |
NT, WA, SA |
Chained Ctenotus |
Ctenotus halysis |
WA (Kimberley region) |
Nimble Ctenotus |
Ctenotus hanloni |
NT, SA, WA |
Clay-soil Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus helenae) |
NT, SA, WA |
North West Cape Ctenotus |
Ctenotus iapetus |
WA |
(South Western) Odd-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus impar |
WA |
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 |
Kutjupa Wedge-snout Ctenotus/Skink |
Ctenotus kutjupa |
WA, SA, NT (Great Victoria Desert and adjacent regions) |
Common South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus labillardieri |
WA |
Lancelin South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus lancelini |
WA (Lancelin Island), |
Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus leae |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Leonhardi's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus leonhardii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Maryan's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus maryani |
WA |
Whiptail Ctenotus |
Ctenotus mastigura |
WA |
Median-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus mesotes |
WA (Kimberley region) |
Soldier Ctenotus |
Ctenotus militaris |
NT, WA |
Checker-sided Ctenotus |
Ctenotus mimetes |
WA |
Nasute Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus nasutus |
NT, WA, SA? |
Pin-striped Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus nigrilineatus |
WA |
Coastal Plains Skink |
Ctenotus ora |
WA |
Eastern Ctenotus |
Ctenotus orientalis (was C. uber orientalis) |
Vic, Qld, NSW, ACT, SA, WA, ACT |
North-western Wedgesnout Ctenotus/Skink |
Ctenotus pallescens |
NT, WA |
Western Pilbara Lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus pallasotus |
WA (Pilbara) |
Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies) |
Ctenotus pantherinus acripes |
Northern and eastern NT, inland Qld, north-eastern SA, Barrow Island WA
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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
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South-Western Leopard Ctenotus |
Ctenotus pantherinus pantherinus |
(South-western) WA |
Coarse Sands Ctenotus |
Ctenotus piankai |
NT, SA, WA, Qld? |
Fourteen Lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus |
NT, SA, WA |
Kimberley Lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rhabdotus |
north-western NT,
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Crack-dwelling Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rimacola |
NT, WA |
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Robust Striped Skink or Eastern Striped Skink
|
Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain)
|
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Ruddy Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rubicundus |
WA |
Rufous Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rufescens |
WA |
Rusty-shouldered Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rutilans |
WA |
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 |
North-western Sandy-loam Ctenotus |
Ctenotus serventyi |
WA |
Stern Ctenotus (Status Uncertain) |
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus severus) |
WA |
*
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 |
Sharp-browed Ctenotus |
Ctenotus superciliaris |
NT, WA
|
Tanami Ctenotus |
Ctenotus tanamiensis |
NT, WA |
Kimberly Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus tantillus |
NT, WA |
Spotted Ctenotus |
Ctenotus uber |
WA |
Median-striped (or Uneven Striped) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus vagus |
WA (Kimberley region) |
Wide-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus xenopleura |
WA |
Shark bay South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus youngsoni |
WA |
Hamelin Pool Ctenotus |
Ctenotus zastictus |
WA |
Common Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus branchialis |
WA |
Western Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus celatus |
WA |
Giant Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus maximus |
WA |
Spinifex Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus melanops |
NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD |
Western Pilbara Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink |
Egernia cygnitos (split from Egernia depressa) |
WA (Western Pilbara) |
Southern Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink |
Egernia depressa |
WA |
Kimberly Crevice-skink |
Egernia douglasi |
WA |
Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink |
Egernia eos (split from Egernia depressa) |
NT, SA?, WA |
Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skink |
Egernia epsisolus (split from Egernia depressa) |
WA (Eastern Pilbara) |
Goldfields Crevice-skink |
Egernia formosa |
WA |
King's Skink |
Egernia kingii |
WA |
Eastern Crevice Skink |
Egernia mcpheei |
NSW, Qld |
*South-western Crevice-skink |
Egernia napoleonis |
WA |
Pilbara Crevice-skink |
Egernia pilbarensis |
WA |
Bight Crevice-skink |
Egernia richardi
|
SA, WA |
Baudin Island Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink |
Egernia stokesii aethiops (status uncertain) |
Baudin Island, WA |
*Western Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink |
Egernia stokesii badia |
Mainland WA |
Houtman Abrolhos Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink |
Egernia stokesii stokesii |
WA (Houtman Abrolhos) |
Brown-sided Bar-lipped Skink |
Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) brongersmai |
WA |
Northern Narrow-Banded Sand Swimmer |
Eremiascincus intermedius (was Eremiascincus fasciolatus) |
NT, WA |
Northern Bar-lipped Skink |
Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) isolepis |
NT, WA,QLD |
Mosaic Desert Skink |
Eremiascincus musivus |
WA |
Western Narrow-banded Skink |
Eremiascincus pallidus (was Eremiascincus fasciolatus) |
WA, NT, SA |
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer |
Eremiascincus richardsonii |
Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic. |
Rusty Skink |
Eremiascincus rubiginosus |
WA (Hamersley Range - Pilbara) |
Northern Mulch-skink |
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis |
NT, WA |
South-western Mulch-skink |
Hemiergis (was Glaphyromorphus) gracilipes |
WA |
* Southwestern Earless Skink (Eastern subspecies) |
Hemiergis initialis brookeri |
SA, and south-eastern WA |
Southwestern Earless Skink (Western Subspecies) |
Hemiergis initialis initialis |
South-western WA |
Triodia Earless Skink or Millewa Skink |
Hemiergis millewae |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
Peron's (Lowlands) Earless Skink |
Hemiergis peronii |
SA, Vic, WA |
Two-toed Earless Skink |
Hemiergis quadrilineatus (Also known as H. quadrilineatum and H. quadrilineata) |
WA |
Desert Plain Slider |
Lerista aericeps |
NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA |
Cape Range Slider |
Lerista allochira |
WA (North West Cape) |
Friendly Slider |
Lerista amicorum (was Lerista muelleri) |
WA |
Dampierland Limbless Slider |
Lerista apoda |
WA |
Bight Slider
|
Lerista arenicola - Invalid species now called Lerista microtis (2024) |
SA, WA |
Stripe-sided Robust Slider |
Lerista axillaris |
WA |
Baynes' Slider |
Lerista baynesi |
SA, WA |
Two-toed Skink (North-western Sandslider) |
Lerista bipes |
NT, SA, WA, Qld, NSW? |
Inland Kimberly Slider |
Lerista borealis |
NT, WA |
Bungle Bungle Robust Slider |
Lerista bunglebungle |
WA |
Bold-striped Slider |
Lerista christinae |
WA |
Sharp-blazed Three-toed Slider |
Lerista clara (was L.muelleri) |
WA |
Blinking Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista connivens |
WA |
Central Deserts Robust Slider |
Lerista desertorum |
NT, SA, WA, Qld |
South-western Orange-tailed Slider |
Lerista distinguenda |
WA, SA |
Southern Slider |
Lerista dorsalis |
SA, WA |
Elegant Slider |
Lerista elegans |
WA |
Good-legged Lerista |
Lerista eupoda |
WA |
Pilbara Flame-tailed Slider |
Lerista flammicauda |
WA |
Gascoyne Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista gascoynensis |
WA |
Bold-striped Robust Slider |
Lerista gerrardii |
WA |
*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 |
Gnaraloo Mulch-slider |
Lerista haroldi |
WA |
Taper-tailed West-coast Slider |
Lerista humphriesi |
WA |
McIvor River Slider |
Lerista ingrami |
Qld |
Robust Duneslider |
Lerista ips |
NT, WA |
*Jackson's Lerista |
Lerista jacksoni (was L. muelleri) |
WA |
Kalumburu Kimberly Slider |
Lerista kalumburu |
WA |
Dark Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista kendricki |
WA |
Kennedy Range Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista kennedyensis |
WA |
*King's Lerista |
Lerista kingi (was L. muelleri) |
WA |
Southern Sandslider |
Lerista labialis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Perth Slider |
Lerista lineata |
WA |
* Line-spotted Robust Slider |
Lerista lineopunctulata |
WA (South-western) |
Unpatterned Robust Slider |
Lerista macropisthopus |
WA |
*Micro Slider |
Lerista micra (was L. muelleri) |
WA |
South-western Slider |
Lerista microtis (includes skinks previously called Lerista arenicola(2024) |
SA, WA |
Northern Dotted Line Robust Slider |
Lerista miopus |
WA (Western central coast) |
Wood Mulch-slider |
Lerista muelleri (split into multiple species) |
WA |
Pilbara Robust Slider |
Lerista neander |
WA |
*Nevin's Lerista |
Lerista nevinae (was L. muelleri) |
WA (Cape Lambert) |
Inland Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista nichollsi |
WA |
Hidden Slider |
Lerista occulta (was L.muelleri) |
WA |
Onslow Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista onsloviana |
WA |
North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider |
Lerista orientalis |
NT, Qld, WA |
Pale Broad-blazed slider |
Lerista petersoni (was L. talpina) |
WA |
Heath Robust Slider |
Lerista picturata |
WA |
Keeled Slider |
Lerista planiventralis |
WA |
Yampi Sandslider |
Lerista praefrontalis |
WA |
Blunt-tailed West-coast Slider |
Lerista praepedita |
WA |
Dotty-tailed Robust Slider |
Lerista puncticauda |
WA |
Four-Chained Slider |
Lerista quadrivincula (was L. concolor) |
WA |
Broad-eyed Slider |
Lerista robusta |
WA |
Rolfe's Slider |
Lerista rolfei (was muelleri) |
WA |
Dampierland Plain Slider |
Lerista separanda |
WA |
Fitzroy Sandslider |
Lerista simillima |
WA |
Spotted Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista stictopleura |
WA |
Ribbon Slider |
Lerista taeniata |
NT, WA, SA |
Timid Slider |
Lerista timida
|
WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, Vic? |
Dark-backed Mulch Slider |
Lerista tridactyla |
WA |
Slender Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista uniduo (was L. maculosa) |
WA |
Shark Bay Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista varia |
WA |
Powerful Lerista |
Lerista verhmens
|
WA (Western Pilbara) |
Slender Duneslider |
Lerista vermicularis |
WA |
Ravensthorpe Range Slider |
Lerista viduata |
WA |
Coastal Kimberly Slider |
Lerista walkeri |
WA |
Yellow-tailed Plain Slider |
Lerista xanthura |
NT, WA |
Yuna broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista yuna |
WA |
Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider |
Lerista zeitzi |
WA |
Desert Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
*Great Desert Skink
|
Liopholis (was Egernia) kintorei |
NT, SA, WA |
Bull Skink or Southern Sand-Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) multiscutata |
SA, Vic, WA |
Jurien Bay Skink |
Liopholis pulchra longicauda |
WA (Jurien Bay) |
South-western Rock-Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) pulchra pulchra |
WA |
Nocturnal Desert-skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) striata |
NT, SA, WA |
Western Mourning Skink |
Lissolepis (was Egernia) luctuosa |
WA |
Shark Bay Dwarf Skink |
Menetia amaura (Status uncertain may be considered to be Menetia greyii) |
WA |
Common Dwarf Skink |
Menetia greyii |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Northern Dwarf Skink |
Menetia maini |
NT, Qld, WA |
Western Dwarf Skink |
Menetia surda |
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 |
Woodland Morethia Skink |
Morethia butleri |
SA, WA |
West-Coast Morethia Skink |
Morethia lineoocellata |
WA |
* Shrubland Morethia Skink |
Morethia obscura |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
Lined Firetail Skink |
Morethia ruficauda |
NT, SA, WA |
Top End Firetail Skink |
Morethia storri |
NT, WA |
Lined Soil-crevice Skink |
Notoscincus butleri |
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 |
Western Soil-crevice Skink |
Proablepharus reginae |
NT, SA, WA |
Northern Soil-crevice Skink |
Proablepharus tenuis |
NT, Qld, WA |
Bight Coast Skink |
Pseudemoia baudini |
SA, WA |
Centralian Blue-Tongue Lizard |
Tiliqua multifasciata |
NT, Qld, SA, WA |
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? |
Rottnest Island Shingleback |
Tiliqua rugosa konowi |
Rottnest Island WA |
Shark Bay Shingleback |
Tiliqua rugosa palarra |
Shark Bay region, WA |
Western Shingleback |
Tiliqua rugosa rugosa |
South Western Australia, WA, SA? |
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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