AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
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A Listing of Australian Skinks
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND
SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS)
Family: Scincidae (Skinks)
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| Acritoscincus (was Bassiana) duperreyi | Bold-striped Cool-skink | NSW,ACT,SA,Tas,Vic | ||
| Acritoscincus (was Bassiana) platynotum | Red-throated Cool-skink | NSW,Qld,Vic | ||
| Acritoscincus trilineatus (was Bassiana trilineata) | South-western Cool-skink or Western three-lined skink | SA(?),WA | ||
| Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi | *Highlands Forest-skink | NSW,Vic, SA | ||
| Anomalopus brevicollis | Short-necked Worm-skink | Qld | ||
| Anomalopus lentiginosus (status unknown) | Common Worm-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Anomalopus gowi | Speckled Worm Skink | Qld | ||
| Anomalopus leuckartii | Two-clawed Worm-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Anomalopus mackayi | Five-clawed Worm-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Anomalopus pluto | Cape York Worm-skink | Qld | ||
| Anomalopus swansoni | Punctate Worm-skink | NSW | ||
| Anomalopus verreauxi | Three-Clawed Worm skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Bellatorias (was Egernia) frerei | *Major Skink | NSW, Qld | ||
| Bellatorias (was Egernia) major | Land Mullet | NSW, Qld | ||
| Bellatorias obiri (was Egernia arnhemensis) | Arnhem Land Skink | NT, | ||
| Calyptotis lepidorostrum | Cone Eared Calyptotis | Qld | ||
| Calyptotis ruficauda | Red-Tailed Calyptotis Skink | NSW | ||
| Calyptotis scutirostrum | Scute-snouted Calyptotis Skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Calyptotis temporalis | Broad-templed Calyptotis Skink | Qld | ||
| Calyptotis thorntonensis | Thornton Peak Calyptotis Skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia amax | Bauxite or Two-spined Rainbow-skink | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Carlia bicarinata (Status in Australia uncertain) see C. storri | Rainbow-skink | Qld? (Cape York Peninsula? and also New Guinea) | ||
| Carlia burnetti - has been renamed Lygisaurus foliorum | Tree-base Litter-skink or Iridescent Litter-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Carlia decora (previously C. pectoralis) | *Sandy Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia dogare | Elegant Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia gracilis | Slender Rainbow-skink | NT,WA | ||
| Carlia jarnoldae | Lined Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia inconnexa (Previously C.pectoralis inconnexa) | *Whitsunday Rainbow-skink | Qld (offshore islands only) | ||
| Carlia johnstonei | Rough Brown Rainbow-skink | WA | ||
| Carlia longipes | Closed-litter Rainbow-skink | NT,Qld | ||
| Carlia munda | Shaded-Litter Rainbow-skink | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Carlia mundivensis | Outcrop Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia parrhasius (now Lygisaurus parrhasius) | Fire-tailed Rainbow-skink | QLD | ||
| Carlia pectoralis | *Open-litter Rainbow-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Carlia quinquecarinata | *Five Keeled or Long-named Rainbow-skink | Qld Darnley Island (Erub Island)in the Torres Strait (New Guinea?) | ||
| Carlia rhomboidalis | Blue-throated Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia rostralis | Black-throated Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia rimula | Crevice Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia rubigo (previously C. pectoralis) | *Orange Flanked Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia rubrigularis | Red Throated Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia rufilatus | Red-sided Rainbow-skink | NT,WA | ||
| Carlia schmeltzii | Robust Rainbow-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Carlia sexdentata | *Six-toothed Rainbow-skink | NT,Qld | ||
| Carlia scirtetis | Black Mountain Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia storri (Split from C. bicarinata) | Brown Bicarinate Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Carlia tetradactyla | Southern Rainbow-skink | NSW,Qld,Vic,ACT | ||
| Carlia triacantha | Desert Rainbow-skink | NT,SA,WA (Qld?) | ||
| Carlia vivax | Tussock (or Lively) Rainbow-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Coeranoscincus frontalis | Limbless Snake-toothed Skink | Qld | ||
| Coeranoscincus reticulatus | Three-toed Snake-toothed Skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Coggeria naufragus | *Satinay Sand Skink | Qld | ||
| Cryptoblepharus adamsi (was C. virgatus) | *Adams' Snake-eyed Skink | Qld | ||
| Cryptoblepharus australis | *Inland snake-eyed Skink | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus buchananii | *Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink | WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus carnabyi | Spiny-Palmed Shinning(Snake-eyed) Skink | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus cygnatus | *Swanson's Snake-eyed Skink | NT | ||
| Cryptoblepharus daedalos | * Dappled Snake-eyed Skink | NT | ||
| Cryptoblepharus egeriae | Blue-tailed Shinning(Snake-eyed)Skink | CI | ||
| Cryptoblepharus exochus | *Noble Snake-eyed Skink | NT, WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus fuhni | Black-boulder (or Fuhn'sShinning(Snake-eyed)Skink | Qld | ||
| Cryptoblepharus gurrmul (was C. litoralis. | *Arafura Snake-eyed Skink | NT (Oxley, New Year and North Goulburn Islands) | ||
| Cryptoblepharus juno | *Juno's Snake-eyed Skink | NT, WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus litoralis | Supralittoral (or Coastal) Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink | NT,Qld | ||
| Cryptoblepharus megastictus | Blotched Shinning Snake-eyed) Skink | WA, (NT?) | ||
| Cryptoblepharus mertensi | *Mertens' Snake-eyed Skink | NT | ||
| Cryptoblepharus metallicus | * Metallic Snake-eyed Skink | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus ochrus | * Pale Snake-eyed Skink | SA (NT?) | ||
| Cryptoblepharus pannosus | * Ragged Snake-eyed Skink | SA, NT, NSW, QLD, Vic | ||
| Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus | Callose-palmed (or Peron's) Shinning(Snake-eyed)Skink | WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus pulcher | Elegant snake-eyed skink | NSW, Qld, SA,WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus ruber | *Tawny Snake-eyed Skink | NT, WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus tytthoss | *Pygmy Snake-eyed Skink | NT | ||
| Cryptoblepharus ustulatus | *Russet Snake-eyed Skink | WA | ||
| Cryptoblepharus virgatus | Cream-striped Shinning (Snake-eyed) Skink or Wall Skink | Qld | ||
| Cryptoblepharus wulbu | *Spangled Snake-eyed Skink | NT | ||
| Cryptoblepharus zoticus | * Agile Snake-eyed Skink | NT, Qld | ||
| Ctenotus agrestis | Field Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus alacer | Lively Ctenotus | NT,Qld, WA, SA? | ||
| Ctenotus alleni | Ajana Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus allotropis | Brown-blazed Wedgesnout Ctenotus | NSW,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus angusticeps | Airlie Island Ctenotus | WA (Airlie Island) | ||
| Ctenotus aphrodite (same as Ctenotus septenarius) | Massive-gibber Ctenotus | NT, SA, QLD, WA | ||
| Ctenotus arcanus | Arcane Ctenotus | NSW,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus ariadnae | Ariadna's Ctenotus | WA,SA,Qld,NT | ||
| Ctenotus arnhemensis | Jabiluka Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus astarte | Stony Downs Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus atlas | Southern Mallee Ctenotus | NSW,SA,WA,Vic | ||
| Ctenotus australis | Western Limestone Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus borealis | White-faced Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus brachyonyx | Short-clawed Ctenotus | NSW,SA,Vic,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus brevipes | Short-footed Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus brooksi | Wedge-snout Ctenotus | NT,Qld,SA,WA,Vic,NSW | ||
| Ctenotus burbidgei | Plain-backed Kimberley Ctenotus | WA | >||
| Ctenotus calurus | Blue-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus capricorni | Capricorn Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus catenifer | Chain-striped South-west Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus coggeri | Brown-backed Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus colletti | Buff-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus | NT,WA | ||
| Ctenotus decaneurus | Ten-lined Ctenotus | NT,WA,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus delli | Darling Range South-west (or Darling Range Heath) Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus duricola | Pilbara Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus dux | Fine Side-lined Ctenotus | NT,SA,WA,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus ehmanni | Brown-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus essingtonii | *Lowlands Plain-backed (or Essingtons) Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus euclae (was C. brooksi euclae) | Eucla Ctenotus | SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus eurydice | Brown-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus | NSW?,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus eutaenius | Black-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus fallens | West-coast Laterite Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus gagudju | Magela Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus gemmula | Jewelled South-west Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus grandis | Grand Ctenotus | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus greeri | Spotted-necked Ctenotus | NT,WA,SA | ||
| Ctenotus halysis | *Chained Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus hanloni | Nimble Ctenotus | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus hebetior | Stout Ctenotus | NT,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus hanloni | Nimble ctenotus | NT,SA,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus helenae | Clay-soil Ctenotus | NT,SA,WA,Qld? | ||
| Ctenotus hilli | Top-end Lowlands Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus iapetus | North West Cape Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus impar | (South Western) Odd-striped Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus ingrami | Unspotted Yellow-sided Ctenotus | NSW,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus inornatus | Bar-shouldered Ctenotus | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Ctenotus joanae | Black-soil Ctenotus | NT,Qld,SA | ||
| Ctenotus kurnbudj | Kurnbudj Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus labillardieri | Common South-west Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus lancelini | Lancelin South-west Ctenotus | WA (Lancelin Island), | ||
| Ctenotus lateralis | Gravelly-soil Ctenotus | Qld, NT? | ||
| Ctenotus leae | Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus leonhardii | Leonhardi's Ctenotus | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus maryani | Maryan's Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus mastigura | Whiptail Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus mesotes | *Median-striped Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus militaris | Soldier Ctenotus | NT,WA | ||
| Ctenotus mimetes | Checker-sided Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus monticola | Atherton Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus nasutus | Nasute Finesnout Ctenotus | NT,WA,SA? | ||
| Ctenotus nigrilineatus | Pin-striped Finesnout Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus nullum | Nullum Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus olympicus | Spotted Ctenotus Skink | Qld, NSW, SA, WA? | ||
| Ctenotus ora | Coastal Plains Skink | WA | ||
| Ctenotus orientalis (Was C. uber orientals) | Eastern Ctenotus | Vic, Qld, NSW, SA, WA, ACT | ||
| Ctenotus pallescens | North-western Wedgesnout Ctenotus | NT, WA? | ||
| Ctenotus pantherinus | Leopard Ctenotus | NSW(?), NT, Qld, SA, WA | ||
| Ctenotus piankai | Coarse Sands Ctenotus | NT,SA,WAQld? | ||
| Ctenotus pulchellus | Red-sided Ctenotus | NT,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus | Fourteen Lined Ctenotus | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus quinkan | Quinkan Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus quirinus | Spear-like Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus rawlinsoni | Cape Heath Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus regius | Pale-rumped (or Royal) Ctenotus | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic | ||
| Ctenotus rimacola | Crack-dwelling Ctenotus | NT, WA | ||
| Ctenotus robustus | Robust Striped (Ctenotus)Skink | NSW, ACT, , NT, Qld, SA,Vic, WA | ||
| Ctenotus rubicundus | Ruddy Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus rosarium | Red-earth Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus rufescens | Rufous Finesnout Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus rutilans | Rusty-shouldered Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus saxatilis | Stony-soil (or Rock) Ctenotus | NT,SA,WA,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus schevilli | Black-soil Rises Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus schomburgkii | Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus septenarius | Massive-gibber Ctenotus | NT, SA, QLD, WA | ||
| Ctenotus serotinus | Gravel-downs Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus serventyi | North-western Sandy-loam Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus severus | Stern Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus spaldingi | Straight-browed Ctenotus | NT,Qld, WA? | ||
| Ctenotus storri | Buff-striped Ctenotus | NT, | ||
| Ctenotus strauchii | Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Ctenotus striaticeps | Stripe-headed Finesnout Ctenotus | NT,Qld | ||
| Ctenotus stuarti | Stuart's Ctenotus | NT | ||
| Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus) | Ctenotus Skink | NSW,Qld,Vic,SA,NT | ||
| Ctenotus taeniolatus | Copper-Tailed Skink | NSW,Qld,Vic,ACT | ||
| Ctenotus tanamiensis | Tanami Ctenotus | NT,WA | ||
| Ctenotus tantillus | Kimberly Wedge-snout Ctenotus | NT,WA | ||
| Ctenotus terrareginae | Hinchinbrook Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Ctenotus uber | Spotted Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus vagus | Median-striped (or Uneven Striped) Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus vertebralis | Scant-striped Ctenotus | NT, | ||
| Ctenotus xenopleura | Wide-striped Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus youngsoni | Shark bay South-west Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus zastictus | Hamelin Pool Ctenotus | WA | ||
| Ctenotus zebrilla | Southern Cape York Finesnout Ctenotus | Qld | ||
| Cyclodina (was Pseudemoia and Oligosoma) lichenigera | Lord Howe Island Skink | LHI,NI | ||
| Cyclodomorphus branchialis | Common Slender Bluetongue | WA | ||
| *Cyclodomorphus casuarina | Tasmanian She-oak Skink | Tas | *Cyclodomorphus celatus | Western Slender Bluetongue | WA |
| Cyclodomorphus (was Hemisphaeriodon) gerrardi | Pink-Tongued Skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Cyclodomorphus maximus | Giant Slender Bluetongue | WA | ||
| *Cyclodomorphus melanops | Spinifex Slender Bluetongue | NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD | *Cyclodomorphus michaeli (was casuarina) | Mainland She-oak Skink | NSW, Vic | *Cyclodomorphus praealtus (was casuarina) | Alpine She-oak Skink | NSW,Vic |
| Cyclodomorphus venustus | Samphire (or Saltbush) Slender Bluetongue | SA, Qld, NSW | ||
| Egernia cunninghami | Cunningham's Skink | NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic | ||
| Egernia cygnitos (split from depressa) | *Western Pilbara Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink | WA | ||
| Egernia depressa | *Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink | WA | ||
| Egernia douglasi | Kimberly Crevice-skink | WA | ||
| Egernia eos (split from depressa) | *Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink | NT,SA?,WA | ||
| Egernia epsisolus (split from depressa) | *Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skink | WA | ||
| Egernia formosa | Goldfields Crevice-skink | WA | ||
| Egernia hosmeri | Hosmer's Skink | NT,Qld | ||
| Egernia kingii | King's Skink | WA | ||
| Egernia mcpheei | Eastern Crevice Skink | NSW, Qld | ||
| Egernia napoleonis | South-western Crevice-skink | WA | ||
| Egernia pilbarensis | Pilbara Crevice-skink | WA | ||
| Egernia richardi (was carinata) | *Bright Crevice-skink or Dark Spinytail Skink |
SA,WA | ||
| Egernia rugosa | Yakka Skink | Qld | ||
| Egernia saxatilis | Black Rock Skink | NSW,Vic | ||
| Egernia stokesii | Stoke's (Gidgee)Skink | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Egernia striolata | Tree Skink | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic | ||
| Egernia sp (to be described) | *Kaputar Rock Skink | NSW (Mt Kaputar only) | ||
| Emoia atrocostata | Mangrove Skink or Littoral Whiptail Skink | CI,Qld, Torres Straight & Pacific Islands, South East Asia |
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| Emoia longicauda | Scrub Whiptail Skink | Qld , New Guinea | ||
| Emoia nativitatis | Christmas Island Whiptail Skink | CI | ||
| Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) brongersmia | *Brown-sided Bar-lipped Skink | WA | ||
| Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) douglasi | *Orange-sided Bar-lipped Skink | NT, | ||
| Eremiascincus fasciolatus | Narrow-Banded Sand Swimmer | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA (Vic in error?) | ||
| Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) isolepis | Northern Bar-lipped Skink | NT,WA,QLD | ||
| Eremiascincus musivus | Mosaic Desert Skink | WA | ||
| Eremiascincus (was Glaphyromorphus) pardalis | *Lowlands Bar-lipped Skink | Qld | ||
| Eremiascincus richardsonii | Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA, (Vic in error?) | ||
| Eroticoscincus (was Hemiergis) graciloides | Elf Skink | Qld | ||
| Eugongylus albofasciolata | Sheen-skink | Qld | ||
| Eugongylus rufescens | Bar-lipped Sheen-skink | Qld | ||
| Eulamprus amplus | Lemon-barred Forest-skink | Qld | ||
| Eulamprus brachysoma | Northern Bar-sided Skink | Qld, | ||
| Eulamprus frerei | Bartle Frere Bar-sided Skink | Qld | ||
| Eulamprus heatwolei | Warm-temperate Water-skink | NSW,ACT,Vic, SA | ||
| Eulamprus kosciuskoi | Alpine Water Skink | NSW,Vic | ||
| Eulamprus leuraensis | Blue Mountains Swamp-Skink | NSW | ||
| Eulamprus luteilateralis | Orange-speckled Forest-skink | Qld | ||
| Eulamprus martini | Dark Bar-sided Skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Eulamprus murrayi | Blue-speckled Forest-skink or Murray's skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Eulamprus quoyii | Eastern (Common) Water Skink | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic | ||
| Eulamprus sokosoma | Stout Bar-sided Skink | Qld | ||
| Eulamprus tenuis | Bar-sided Forest-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Eulamprus tigrinus | Yellow-blotched Forest-skink | Qld | ||
| Eulamprus tryoni | Tryon's Skink | Qld,NSW | ||
| Eulamprus tympanum | Cool-temperate Water-skink | NSW,SA,Vic | ||
| Glaphyromorphus clandestinus | Mount Elliot Mulch-skink | Qld | ||
| Glaphyromorphus coggeri | Rainforest Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Glaphyromorphus cracens | Slender Mulch-skink | Qld | ||
| Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus (= crassicaudis =crassicaudum) (was Eremiascincus crassicaudus) | Cape York Mulch-skink | Qld, NT, New Guinea | ||
| Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis | Northern Mulch-skink | NT,WA | ||
| Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis | Brown-tailed Bar-lipped Skink | Qld | ||
| Glaphyromorphus mjobergi | Atherton Tableland Mulch-skink | Qld | ||
| Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis | *Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink | NT,Qld (and New Guinea) | ||
| Glaphyromorphus pumilus |
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Qld | ||
| Glaphyromorphus punctulatus | Fine-spotted Mulch-skink | Qld | ||
| Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae | Prickly Forest Skink | Qld | ||
| Harrisoniascincus (was Cautula) zia | Rainforest Cool-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Hemiergis decresiensis | Three-toed Earless Skink | SA | ||
| Hemiergis (was Glaphyromorphus) gracilipes | *South-western Mulch-skink | WA | ||
| Hemiergis initialis | Southwestern Earless Skink | SA,WA | ||
| Hemiergis millewae | Triodia Earless Skink | NSW,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Hemiergis peronii | Perons(Lowlands)Earless Skink | SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Hemiergis quadrilineata (=quadrilineatum) | Two-toed Earless Skink | WA | ||
| Hemiergis talbingoensis (split from decresiensis) | *Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink | Vic, NSW | ||
| Lampropholis adonis | Diamond-shielded Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Lampropholis amicula | Friendly Sunskink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Lampropholis caligula | Montane Sunskink | NSW | ||
| Lampropholis coggeri | Rainforest Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Lampropholis colossus | Bunya Mountains Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Lampropholis couperi | Plain-backed Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Lampropholis delicata | Grass Skink or Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink | NSW,Qld,SA,Tas,Vic | ||
| Lampropholis guichenoti | *Common Grass Skink or Garden Skink | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic | ||
| Lampropholis elongata | Long Sunskink | NSW (Riamukka State Forest area) | ||
| Lampropholis mirabilis | Saxicoline Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Lampropholis robertsi | Grey-bellied Sunskink | Qld | ||
| Lerista aericeps | Desert Plain Slider | NSW,NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Lerista allanae | Greater Robust Fine-lined Slider or Retro Slider | Qld (Clermont area) | ||
| Lerista allochira | Cape Range Slider | WA (North West Cape) | ||
| Lerista ameles | Limbless Fine-lined Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista amicorum (was muelleri) | *Friendly Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista apoda | Dampierland Limbless Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista arenicola | Bight Slider | SA,WA | ||
| Lerista axillaris | Stripe-sided Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista baynesi | Baynes' Slider | SA,WA | ||
| Lerista bipes | Two-toed Skink (North-western Sandslider) | NT,SA,WA,Qld? | ||
| Lerista borealis | Inland Kimberly Slider | NT,WA | ||
| Lerista bougainvillii | *Bougainville's Skink (South-eastern Slider) | NSW,SA,Tas,Vic | ||
| Lerista bunglebungle | Bungle Bungle Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista carpentariae | Carpenteria Fine-lined Slider | NT, | ||
| Lerista chalybura | Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista chordae | Lyre-patterned Slider | Qld (Torrens Creek area) | ||
| Lerista christinae | Bold-striped Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista cinerea | Vine-thicket Fine-lined Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista clara (was muelleri) | *Slider (no common name) | WA | ||
| Lerista colliveri | Nubbined Fine-lined Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista connivens | Blinking Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista desertorum | Central Deserts Robust Slider | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Lerista distinguenda | South-western Orange-tailed Slider | WA,SA | ||
| Lerista dorsalis | Southern Slider | SA,WA | ||
| Lerista edwardsae ( was L. picturata edwardsae) | Edward's Slider | SA | ||
| Lerista elegans | Elegant Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista elongata | Wide-striped Mulch Slider | SA | ||
| Lerista emmotti | Noonbah Robust Slider | Qld,SA, | ||
| Lerista eupoda | Good-legged Lerista | WA | ||
| Lerista flammicauda | Pilbara Flame-tailed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista fragilis | Eastern Mulch-slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista frosti | Centralian Slider | NT,SA(?),WA(?), | ||
| Lerista gascoynensis | Gascoyne Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista gerrardii | Bold-striped Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista goerlingi (see Lerista rhodonoides) | *Slider (no common name) | WA,SA,NT,Vic,NSW,Qld | ||
| Lerista greeri | South-eastern Kimberly Sandslider | WA, NT? | ||
| Lerista griffini | Stout Sandslider | NT,WA | ||
| Lerista haroldi | Gnaraloo Mulch-slider | WA | ||
| Lerista humphriesi | Taper-tailed West-coast Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista ingrami | McIvor River Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista ips | Robust Duneslider | NT,WA | ||
| Lerista jacksoni (was muelleri) | *Jackson's Lerista | WA | ||
| Lerista kalumburu | Kalumburu Kimberly Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista karlschmidti | Lesser Robust Fine-lined Slider | NT,Qld? | ||
| Lerista kendricki | Dark Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista kennedyensis | Kennedy Range Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista kingi (was muelleri) | *King's Lerista | WA | ||
| Lerista labialis | Southern Sandslider | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Lerista lineata | Perth Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista lineopunctulata | Dotted-line Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista macropisthopus | Unpatterned Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista micra (was muelleri) | *Micro Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista microtis | South-western Slider | SA,WA | ||
| Lerista muelleri (split into multiple species) | Wood Mulch-slider | WA | ||
| Lerista neander | Pilbara Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista nevinae (was muelleri) | *Nevin's Lerista | WA (Cape Lambert) | ||
| Lerista nichollsi | Inland Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista occulta (was muelleri) | *Hidden Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista onsloviana | Onslow Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista orientalis | North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Lerista petersoni (was L. talpina) | Pale Broad-blazed slider | WA | ||
| Lerista picturata | Southern Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista planiventralis | Keeled Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista praefrontalis | Yampi Sandslider | WA | ||
| Lerista praepedita | Blunt-tailed West-coast Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista punctatovitta | Eastern Robust Slider | SA,NSW,Vic,Qld | ||
| Lerista puncticauda | Dotty-tailed Robust Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista quadrivincula (was L. concolor) | Four-Chained Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista robusta | Broad-eyed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista rochfordensis | Rochford Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista rolfei (was muelleri) | *Rolfe's Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista separanda | Dampierland Plain Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista simillima | Fitzroy Sandslider | WA | ||
| Lerista speciosa | Pale-striped Mulch Slider | SA | ||
| Lerista storri | Chillagoe Fine-lined Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista stictopleura | Spotted Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista stylis | Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider | NT,Qld | ||
| Lerista taeniata | Ribbon Slider | NT,WA | ||
| Lerista talpina (now L. petersoni) | Pale Broad Blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista terdigitata | Robust Mulch-slider | SA,WA | ||
| Lerista timida (was muelleri) (= goerlingi) (=rhodonoides) | *Timid Slider | WA,SA,NT,NSW,Qld,Vic? | ||
| Lerista tridactyla | Dark-backed Mulch Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista uniduo (was maculosa) | Slender Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista varia | Shark Bay Broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista verhmens (was muelleri) | *Powerful Lerista | WA (Western Pilbara) | ||
| Lerista vermicularis | Slender Duneslider | WA | ||
| Lerista viduata | Ravensthorpe Range Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista vittata | Side-striped Fine-lined Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista walkeri | Coastal Kimberly Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista wilkinsi | Two-toed Fine-lined Slider | Qld | ||
| Lerista xanthura | Yellow-tailed Plain Slider | NSW,NT,SA,WA | ||
| Lerista yuna | Yuna broad-blazed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista zeitzi | * Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider | WA | ||
| Lerista zonulata | North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider | Qld | ||
| Liburnascincus (was Carlia) coensis | Coen Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) guthega | *Snowy Mountains Skink | NSW | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) kintorei | *Great Desert Skink | NT, SA,WA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata | *Desert Skink | NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) margaretae | Centralian Ranges/Flinders Ranges Rock-skink | NT, SA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) modesta | Eastern Ranges Rock-skink | NSW, Qld | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) montana | Mountain Skink | NSW, Vic, ACT | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) multiscutata | Bull Skink or Southern sand-Skink | SA, Vic, WA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) pulchra | *South-western Rock-Skink | WA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) slateri | *Centralian Floodplains Desert-skink | NT,Qld(?),SA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) striata | *Nocturnal Desert-skink | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) w. whitii | *White's Skink | NSW,Qld,SA?,Tas,Vic | ||
| Liopholis (was Egernia) w. tenobrosa | *White's Skink | SA ? | ||
| Lissolepis (was Egernia) luctuosa | *Western Mourning Skink | WA | ||
| Lissolepis (was Egernia) coventryi | *Eastern Mourning Skink | SA,Vic,NSW(?) | ||
| Lygisaurus aeratus | Large-disced Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus foliorum (was Carlia burnetti) | Tree-base Litter-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus laevis | Rainforest Edge Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus macfarlani | Translucent Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus (was Carlia) parrhasius | Fire-tailed Rainbow-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus rococo | Chillagoe Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus sesbrauna | Eastern Cape Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus tanneri | Endeavour River Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus timlowi | Dwarf Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygisaurus zuma | Sun-loving Litter-skink | Qld | ||
| Lygosoma bowringii | Christmas Island Grass-skink | CI | ||
| Menetia alanae | Top End Dwarf Skink | NT | ||
| Menetia amaura | Shark Bay Dwarf Skink | WA | ||
| Menetia concinna | Jabiluka Dwarf Skink | NT | ||
| Menetia greyii | Common Dwarf Skink | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Menetia koshlandae | Fine-browed Dwarf Skink | Qld | ||
| Menetia maini | Northern Dwarf Skink | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Menetia surda | Western Dwarf Skink | WA | ||
| Morethia adelaidensis | Saltbush Morethia Skink | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Morethia boulengeri | South-eastern Morethia Skink | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Morethia butleri | Woodland Morethia Skink | SA,WA | ||
| Morethia lineoocellata | West-Coast Morethia Skink | WA | ||
| Morethia obscura | Shrubland Morethia Skink | NSW,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Morethia ruficauda | Lined Firetail Skink | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Morethia storri | Top End Firetail Skink | NT,WA | ||
| Morethia taeniopleura | North-eastern Fire-Tailed Skink | NSW(?),Qld | ||
| Nangura spinosa | Nangur Spiny Skink | Qld | ||
| Niveoscincus coventryi | Southern Forest Cool-skink | NSW,Vic | ||
| Niveoscincus greeni | Alpine Cool-skink | Tas, | ||
| Niveoscincus metallicum | Metallic Cool-skink | Tas,Vic | ||
| Niveoscincus microlepidotus | Southern Snow Skink | Tas | ||
| Niveoscincus ocellatus | Ocellated Skink | Tas | ||
| Niveoscincus orocryptus | Heath Cool-skink | Tas | ||
| Niveoscincus palfreymani | Red-Throated Skink | Tas(Pedra Branca Rock) | ||
| Niveoscincus pretiosus | Tasmanian Tree Skink | Tas | ||
| Notoscincus butleri | Lined Soil-crevice Skink | WA | ||
| Notoscincus ornatus | Ornate Soil-crevice Skink | NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Ophioscincus coolooensis | Cooloola Snake-skink | Qld | ||
| Ophioscincus ophioscincus | Yolk-bellied Snake Skink | Qld | ||
| Ophioscincus truncatus | Short-limbed Snake-skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Proablepharus kinghorni | Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink | NSW,NT,Qld | ||
| Proablepharus reginae | Western Soil-crevice Skink | NT,SA,WA | ||
| Proablepharus tenuis | Northern Soil-crevice Skink | NT,Qld,WA | ||
| Pseudemoia baudini | Bight Coast Skink | WA | ||
| Pseudemoia entrecasteaux | Southern Grass Skink | NSW,SA,Tas,Vic | ||
| Pseudemoia rawlinsoni | Glossy Grass Skink | NSW,NT(?),Vic | ||
| Pseudemoia spenceri | Trunk-climbing Cool-skink | NSW,Vic | ||
| Saiphos equalis | Yellow-bellied Three-toed Skink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Saproscincus challengeri | Orange-tailed Shadeskink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Saproscincus czechurai | Wedge-snouted Shadeskink | Qld | ||
| Saproscincus mustelinus | Weasel Skink | NSW,Vic | ||
| Saproscincus rosei | Rose's Shadeskink | NSW,Qld | ||
| Saproscincus spectabilis | Gully Shade Skink | Qld, NSW | ||
| Saproscincus tetradactyla | Four-fingered Shade skink | Qld | ||
| Techmarscincus (was Bartleia) jigurru | Bartle Frere Cool-skink | Qld | ||
| Tiliqua adelaidensis | Pygmy (Adelaide) Bluetongue | SA | ||
| Tiliqua multifasciata | Centralian Blue-Tongued Lizard | NT,Qld,SA,WA | ||
| Tiliqua nigrolutea | Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard | NSW,SA,Tas,Vic | ||
| Tiliqua occipitalis | Western Blue-Tongued Lizard | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Tiliqua rugosa | Shingle-Back | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
| Tiliqua scincoides | Blue-Tongued Lizard (Common & Northern) | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA | ||
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| CI = Christmas Island |
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NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland |
SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
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