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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION |
Eastern Three-lined Skink |
Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) duperreyi |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas |
Red-throated Skink |
Acritoscincus platynotus
|
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic |
Western Three-lined Skink |
Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) trilineatus |
WA, SA |
Highlands Forest-skink,
|
Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas |
Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink |
Austroablepharus (or Proablepharus) kinghorni |
NSW, NT, Qld |
*Short-necked Worm-skink |
Praeteropus (was Anomalopus) brevicollis |
Qld |
Common Worm-skink |
Anomalopus lentiginosus (invalid name - now 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 |
Punctate Worm-skink |
Anomalopus swansoni |
NSW |
Three-Clawed Worm-skink or Verreaux's Skink |
Anomalopus verreauxi |
NSW, Qld |
Major Skink |
Bellatorias (was Egernia) frerei |
NSW, Qld |
Land Mullet |
Bellatorias (was Egernia) major |
NSW, Qld |
Arnhem Land Skink |
Bellatorias obiri (was Egernia arnhemensis) |
NT |
Cone Eared Calyptotis |
Calyptotis lepidorostrum |
Qld (South/central East coast) |
Red-Tailed Calyptotis Skink |
Calyptotis ruficauda |
North-eastern NSW |
Scute-snouted Calyptotis Skink |
Calyptotis scutirostrum |
North-eastern NSW, South-east Qld |
Broad-templed Calyptotis Skink |
Calyptotis temporalis |
Qld (East coast) |
Thornton Peak Calyptotis Skink |
Calyptotis thorntonensis |
North Qld (Thornton Uplands) |
Southern Forest Cool-skink |
Carinascincus
|
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Alpine Cool-skink or Northern Snow Skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) greeni |
Tas |
Metallic Cool-skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) metallicus (was metallicum and metallica) |
Tas, Vic |
Southern Snow Skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) microlepidotus |
Tas |
Ocellated Skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) ocellatus |
Tas |
Southern Cool-skink or Tasmanian Mountain Skink |
Carinascincus
|
Tas |
Pedra Branca Skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) palfreymani |
Tas
|
Tasmanian Tree Skink |
Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) pretiosus |
Tas |
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 |
Sandy Rainbow-skink |
Carlia decora (previously C. pectoralis) |
Qld |
Elegant Rainbow-skink |
Carlia dogare |
Qld |
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? |
Lined Rainbow-skink |
Carlia jarnoldae |
Qld |
Rough Brown Rainbow-skink |
Carlia johnstonei |
WA |
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 |
Crevice Rainbow-skink |
Carlia (or Lygisaurus) rimula |
Qld (Iron Range) |
Black-throated Rainbow-skink |
Carlia rostralis |
Qld |
Orange Flanked Rainbow-skink |
Carlia rubigo (previously C. pectoralis) |
Qld |
Red Throated Rainbow-skink |
Carlia rubrigularis |
Qld |
Red-sided Rainbow-skink |
Carlia rufilatus |
NT, WA |
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 |
Nangur Spiny Skink |
Concinnia (or Nangura ) spinosa |
Qld |
Bar-sided Forest-skink |
Concinnia (was Eulamprus) tenuis |
NSW, Qld |
Yellow-blotched Forest-skink |
Concinnia (was Eulamprus) tigrinus |
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 |
Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus buchananii |
WA |
Swanson's Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus cygnatus |
Far-northern NT |
Dappled Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus daedalos |
Far-northern NT |
Blue-tailed Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink |
Cryptoblepharus egeriae |
CI (extinct in the wild)
|
Noble Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus exochus |
NT, WA (Northern border area) |
Black-boulder (or Fuhn'sShinning (Snake-eyed) Skink |
Cryptoblepharus fuhni |
Qld (Cape Melville) |
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) |
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 |
Cream-striped Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink or Wall Skink |
Cryptoblepharus virgatus |
Qld (Cape York)
|
Spangled Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus wulbu |
Far-north NT |
Agile Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus zoticus |
NT, Qld |
Field Ctenotus |
Ctenotus agrestis |
Qld |
Lively Ctenotus |
Ctenotus alacer |
NT, Qld, WA |
Ajana Ctenotus |
Ctenotus alleni |
WA |
Brown-blazed Wedgesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus allotropis |
NSW, Qld |
Airlie Island Ctenotus |
Ctenotus angusticeps |
WA (Airlie Island) |
Massive-gibber Ctenotus |
Ctenotus septenarius |
NT, SA, QLD, WA |
Arcane Ctenotus |
Ctenotus arcanus |
NSW, Qld |
Ariadna's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ariadnae |
WA, SA, Qld, NT |
Jabiluka Ctenotus |
Ctenotus arnhemensis |
NT |
Stony Downs Ctenotus |
Ctenotus astarte |
Qld, SA |
Southern Mallee Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus atlas |
NSW, SA, WA, Vic |
Western Limestone Ctenotus |
Ctenotus australis |
WA |
White-faced Ctenotus |
Ctenotus borealis (name obsolete - see Ctenotus robustus) |
NT |
Short-clawed Ctenotus
|
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 |
Plain-backed Kimberley Ctenotus |
Ctenotus burbidgei |
WA |
Blue-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus calurus |
WA, NT, SA |
Capricorn Ctenotus |
Ctenotus capricorni |
Qld |
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 |
NT, SA, WA, Qld |
Brown-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ehmanni |
WA |
*Lowlands Plain-backed (or Essington) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus essingtonii |
NT |
Eucla Ctenotus |
Ctenotus euclae
|
SA, WA |
Brown-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus eurydice |
NSW?, Qld |
Black-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus eutaenius |
Qld |
Clay-soil Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus helenae (or Ctenotus inornata) Status uncertain |
WA, NT, Qld, SA? |
West-coast Laterite Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus fallens) |
WA |
Magela Ctenotus |
Ctenotus gagudju |
NT |
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 |
Stout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus hebetior |
NT, Qld |
Top-end Lowlands Ctenotus |
Ctenotus hilli |
NT |
Clay-soil Ctenotus
|
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus helenae) |
NT, SA, WA |
Stern Ctenotus (Status Uncertain) |
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus severus) |
WA |
North West Cape Ctenotus |
Ctenotus iapetus |
WA |
(South Western) Odd-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus impar |
WA |
Unspotted Yellow-sided Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ingrami |
NSW, Qld |
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) |
Common South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus labillardieri |
WA |
Lancelin South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus lancelini |
WA (Lancelin Island), |
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 |
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 |
Atherton Ctenotus |
Ctenotus monticola |
Qld |
Nasute Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus nasutus |
NT, WA, SA? |
Pin-striped Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus nigrilineatus |
WA |
Nullum Ctenotus |
Ctenotus nullum |
Qld |
Spotted Ctenotus Skink |
Ctenotus olympicus |
Qld, NSW, SA, NT |
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
|
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
|
South-Western Leopard Ctenotus |
Ctenotus pantherinus pantherinus |
(South-western) WA |
Coarse Sands Ctenotus |
Ctenotus piankai |
NT, SA, WA, Qld? |
Red-sided Ctenotus |
Ctenotus pulchellus |
NT, Qld |
Fourteen Lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus |
NT, SA, WA |
Quinkan Ctenotus |
Ctenotus quinkan |
Qld |
Spear-like Ctenotus |
Ctenotus quirinus |
NT |
Cape Heath Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rawlinsoni |
Qld |
Pale-rumped (or Royal) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus regius |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Kimberley Lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rhabdotus |
north-western NT,
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Crack-dwelling Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rimacola |
NT, WA |
*
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 |
Red-earth Ctenotus |
Ctenotus rosarium |
Qld |
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 |
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 |
Qld |
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
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Buff-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus storri |
NT |
Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus strauchii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Stripe-headed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus striaticeps |
NT, Qld |
Stuart's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus stuarti |
NT |
Sharp-browed Ctenotus |
Ctenotus superciliaris |
NT, WA
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Eyrean Ctenotus |
Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus) |
NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT |
Copper-Tailed Skink |
Ctenotus taeniolatus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT |
Tanami Ctenotus |
Ctenotus tanamiensis |
NT, WA |
Kimberly Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus tantillus |
NT, WA |
Hinchinbrook Ctenotus |
Ctenotus terrareginae |
Qld |
Spotted Ctenotus |
Ctenotus uber |
WA |
Median-striped (or Uneven Striped) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus vagus |
WA (Kimberley region) |
Scant-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus vertebralis |
NT |
Wide-striped Ctenotus |
Ctenotus xenopleura |
WA |
Shark bay South-west Ctenotus |
Ctenotus youngsoni |
WA |
Hamelin Pool Ctenotus |
Ctenotus zastictus |
WA |
Southern Cape York Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus zebrilla |
Qld |
Lord Howe Island Skink |
Cyclodina (was Pseudemoia and Oligosoma ) lichenigera |
LHI, NI |
Common Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus branchialis |
WA |
* Tasmanian She-oak Skink |
Cyclodomorphus casuarina |
Tas |
Western Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus celatus |
WA |
Pink-Tongued Skink |
Cyclodomorphus (was Hemisphaeriodon) gerrardii |
NSW, Qld |
Giant Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus maximus |
WA |
Spinifex Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus melanops |
NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD |
* Mainland She-oak Skink |
Cyclodomorphus michaeli (was casuarina) |
NSW, Vic |
Alpine She-oak Skink |
Cyclodomorphus praealtus (was casuarina) |
NSW, Vic |
Samphire (or Saltbush) Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus venustus |
SA, Qld, NSW |
Cunningham's Skink |
Egernia cunninghami cunninghami |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
* Sydney Cunningham's Skink (Status uncertain) |
Egernia cunninghami krefftii (Status uncertain) |
NSW |
Western Pilbara Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink |
Egernia cygnitos (split from Egernia depressa) |
WA |
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 |
Goldfields Crevice-skink |
Egernia formosa |
WA |
Hosmer's Skink |
Egernia hosmeri |
NT, Qld |
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 |
*Kaputar Rock Skink |
Egernia roomi
|
NSW (Nandewar Ranges) |
Bight Crevice-skink |
Egernia richardi
|
SA, WA |
Yakka Skink |
Egernia rugosa |
Qld |
Common Black Rock Skink |
Egernia saxatilis intermedia |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Warrumbungle Black Rock Skink |
Egernia saxatilis saxatilis |
NSW, (Warrumbungle mountains) |
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) |
*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 &
|
Scrub Whiptail Skink |
Emoia longicauda |
Qld , New Guinea |
Christmas Island Whiptail Skink |
Emoia nativitatis |
CI |
Brown-sided Bar-lipped Skink |
Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) brongersmai |
WA |
Orange-sided Bar-lipped Skink |
Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) douglasi |
NT |
Narrow-Banded Sand Swimmer |
Eremiascincus fasciolatus |
Qld ( Range has been reduced) |
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 |
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. |
Rusty Skink |
Eremiascincus rubiginosus |
WA (Hamersley Range - Pilbara) |
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 |
Yellow Bellied Water Skink
|
Eulamprus heatwolei |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA |
Alpine Water Skink |
Eulamprus kosciuskoi |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
*Blue Mountains Swamp-Skink |
Eulamprus leuraensis |
NSW |
Orange-speckled Forest-skink |
Eulamprus (Tumbunascincus, Sphenomorhus or Magmellia) luteilateralis STATUS UNCERTAIN |
Qld |
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
|
Eulamprus tympanum marnieae |
Vic |
Arnhem Mulch-skink |
Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus |
NT |
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 |
Northern Mulch-skink |
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis |
NT, WA |
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
|
Hemiergis decresiensis continentis |
(Mainland) SA, Western Vic? |
Three-toed Earless Skink
|
Hemiergis decresiensis davisi - (Correct name should be Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi) |
NSW, Qld? |
Three-toed Earless Skink |
Hemiergis decresiensis decresiensis |
(Kangaroo Island) SA |
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 quadrilineata (=quadrilineatum) |
WA |
Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain) |
Hemiergis talbingoensis talbingoensis (split from H. decresiensis) |
Vic, NSW, ACT |
Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink
|
Hemiergis talbingoensis davisi (split from H. decresiensis) |
NSW, Qld? |
* Blue-speckled Forest-skink or Murray's skink |
Karma
(was Eulamprus and Silvascincus) murrayi
|
NSW, Qld |
Tryon's Skink |
Karma
|
NSW, Qld |
Diamond-shielded Sunskink |
Lampropholis adonis |
Qld |
Friendly Sunskink |
Lampropholis amicula |
NSW, Qld |
Bellenden Ker Sunskink |
Lampropholis bellendenkerensis |
Qld |
Montane Sunskink |
Lampropholis caligula |
NSW |
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 LHI, New Zealand and Hawaii |
Mount Elliot Sunskink |
Lampropholis elliotensis |
Qld |
Long Sunskink |
Lampropholis elongata |
NSW (Riamukka State Forest area) |
* Common Grass Skink or Garden Skink |
Lampropholis guichenoti |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
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) |
Cape Range Slider |
Lerista allochira |
WA (North West Cape) |
Limbless Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista ameles |
Qld |
Friendly Slider |
Lerista amicorum (was Lerista muelleri) |
WA |
Olkola Slider |
Lerista anyara |
Qld |
Dampierland Limbless Slider |
Lerista apoda |
WA |
Bight Slider |
Lerista arenicola |
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 |
Bougainville's Skink (South-eastern Slider) |
Lerista bougainvillii |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic |
Bungle Bungle Robust Slider |
Lerista bunglebungle |
WA |
Carpentaria Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista carpentariae |
NT |
Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider |
Lerista chalybura |
Qld |
Lyre-patterned Slider |
Lerista chordae |
Qld (Torrens Creek area) |
Bold-striped Slider |
Lerista christinae |
WA |
Vine-thicket Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista cinerea |
Qld |
Sharp-blazed Three-toed Slider |
Lerista clara (was L.muelleri) |
WA |
Nubbined Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista colliveri |
Qld |
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 |
Edwards' Slider |
Lerista edwardsae (was L. picturata edwardsae) |
SA |
Elegant Slider |
Lerista elegans |
WA |
Wide-striped Mulch Slider |
Lerista elongata |
SA |
Noonbah Robust Slider |
Lerista emmotti |
Qld |
Good-legged Lerista |
Lerista eupoda |
WA |
Pilbara Flame-tailed Slider |
Lerista flammicauda |
WA |
Eastern Mulch-slider |
Lerista fragilis |
Qld |
Centralian Slider |
Lerista frosti |
NT |
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 |
Lesser Robust Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista karlschmidti |
NT, Qld? |
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 |
* Dotted-line 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 |
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 |
*Chillagoe Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista parameles |
Qld |
Pale Broad-blazed slider |
Lerista petersoni (was L. talpina) |
WA |
Southern Robust Slider |
Lerista picturata |
WA |
Keeled Slider |
Lerista planiventralis |
WA |
Yampi Sandslider |
Lerista praefrontalis |
WA |
Blunt-tailed West-coast Slider |
Lerista praepedita |
WA |
Eastern Robust Slider |
Lerista punctatovittata |
SA, NSW, Vic, Qld |
Dotty-tailed Robust Slider |
Lerista puncticauda |
WA |
Four-Chained Slider |
Lerista quadrivincula (was L. concolor) |
WA |
Broad-eyed Slider |
Lerista robusta |
WA |
Rochford Slider |
Lerista rochfordensis |
Qld |
Rolfe's Slider |
Lerista rolfei (was muelleri) |
WA |
Dampierland Plain Slider |
Lerista separanda |
WA |
Fitzroy Sandslider |
Lerista simillima |
WA |
Pale-striped Mulch Slider |
Lerista speciosa |
SA |
*Mount Surprise Slider |
Lerista storri |
Qld |
Spotted Broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista stictopleura |
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? |
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 |
Side-striped Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista vittata |
Qld |
Coastal Kimberly Slider |
Lerista walkeri |
WA |
Two-toed Fine-lined Slider |
Lerista wilkinsi |
Qld |
Yellow-tailed Plain Slider |
Lerista xanthura |
NT, WA |
Yuna broad-blazed Slider |
Lerista yuna |
WA |
Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider |
Lerista zeitzi |
WA |
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
|
Liburnascincus (was Carlia) scirtetis |
(near Cooktown) Qld |
Snowy Mountains Skink
|
Liopholis (was Egernia) guthega |
NSW, Vic |
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 margaretae (or Liopholis margaretae) |
NT, SA (Central Australia)
|
Flinders Ranges Rock-skink |
Liopholis margaretae personata (or Liopholis personata) |
SA (Flinders Ranges) |
Eastern Ranges Rock-skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) modesta |
NSW, Qld |
Mountain Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) montana |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
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 |
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) |
White's Skink (tenobrosa subspecies- now invalid) |
(was Egernia whitii tenobrosa now Liopholis whitii) |
SA, Vic |
Western Mourning Skink |
Lissolepis (was Egernia) luctuosa |
WA |
Eastern Mourning Skink |
Lissolepis (was Egernia) coventryi |
SA, Vic, NSW(?) |
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 |
Top End Dwarf Skink |
Menetia alanae |
NT |
Shark Bay Dwarf Skink |
Menetia amaura (Status uncertain may be considered to be Menetia greyii) |
WA |
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 |
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 |
North-eastern Fire-Tailed Skink |
Morethia taeniopleura |
NSW(?), Qld |
Nangur Spiny Skink |
Nangura (Concinnia) spinosa |
Qld |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
Weasel Skink |
Saproscincus mustelinus |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
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) |
Bowring's Supple Skink
|
Subdoluseps (Was Lygosoma) bowringii |
Malaysia, India (Andaman Islands),
|
Bartle Frere Cool-skink |
Techmarscincus (was Bartleia) jigurru |
Qld |
Pygmy (Adelaide) Bluetongue |
Tiliqua adelaidensis |
SA |
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 |
Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard |
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Northern Bluetongue Lizard |
Tiliqua scincoides intermedia |
NT, Qld, WA |
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
|
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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