AUSTRALIAN SKINKS - Species list

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)	DISTRIBUTION
Eastern Three-lined Skink	Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) duperreyi	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas
Red-throated Skink	Acritoscincus platynotus (was A. platynotum)	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic
Western Three-lined Skink	Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) trilineatus	WA, SA
Highlands Forest-skink, Southern Elf Skink or McCoy's 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 (was Niveoscincus) coventryi	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 (was Niveoscincus) orocryptus	Tas
Pedra Branca Skink	Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) palfreymani	Tas (Pedra Branca Rock)
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) CKI (deliberately introduced to save the species)
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 or Porcupine Grass 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 (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
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 (was C. brooksi euclae )	SA, WA
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?
West-coast Laterite Ctenotus (Invalid species)	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 (Status Uncertain)	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, north-eastern WA
Crack-dwelling Ctenotus	Ctenotus rimacola	NT, WA
* 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
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 (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus spaldingi (see Ctenotus robustus)	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA (Distribution uncertain)
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 (North-west of Australia)
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 (was E. carinata)	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 & Pacific Islands, South East Asia
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 (Status uncertain)	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 Dreeite Water Skink Glossary SPRAT Profile	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 (Status uncertain)	Hemiergis decresiensis continentis	(Mainland) SA, Western Vic?
Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)	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 (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	Karma (also known as Silvascincus) tryoni	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 (was L. muelleri) (= L. goerlingi) (= L.rhodonoides)	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 (was L. muelleri)	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 or Black Mountain Rainbow-Skink	Liburnascincus (was Carlia) scirtetis	(near Cooktown) Qld
Snowy Mountains Skink or Guthega Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) guthega	NSW, Vic
Desert Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata	NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Great Desert Skink or Kintore's Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) kintorei	NT, SA, WA
Centralian Ranges Rock-skink	Liopholis margaretae margaretae (or Liopholis margaretae)	NT, SA (Central Australia) (Not found in NSW)
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 (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)
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)
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
Bowring's Supple Skink (Christmas Island grass skink)	Subdoluseps (Was Lygosoma) bowringii	Malaysia, India (Andaman Islands), Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Indochina west to Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Chrismas Island (Australia introduced?) Cook Island (New Zealand)?
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 (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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Distribution Key

COMMON NAME (Internal Link)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)

DISTRIBUTION

Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) duperreyi

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas

Acritoscincus platynotus (was A. platynotum)

NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic

Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) trilineatus

WA, SA

Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas

Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink

NSW, NT, Qld

*Short-necked Worm-skink

Praeteropus (was Anomalopus) brevicollis

Qld

Common Worm-skink

NSW, Qld

Anomalopus (or Praeteropus) gowi

Qld

Two-clawed Worm-skink

NSW, Qld

Five-clawed Worm-skink

NSW, Qld

Cape York Worm-skink

Qld

Anomalopus swansoni

NSW

Anomalopus verreauxi

NSW, Qld

Bellatorias (was Egernia) frerei

NSW, Qld

Bellatorias (was Egernia) major

NSW, Qld

Bellatorias obiri (was Egernia arnhemensis)

NT

Cone Eared Calyptotis

Qld (South/central East coast)

Calyptotis ruficauda

North-eastern NSW

Calyptotis scutirostrum

North-eastern NSW, South-east Qld

Broad-templed Calyptotis Skink

Qld (East coast)

Thornton Peak Calyptotis Skink

North Qld (Thornton Uplands)

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) coventryi

NSW, ACT, Vic

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) greeni

Tas

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) metallicus (was metallicum and metallica)

Tas, Vic

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) microlepidotus

Tas

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) ocellatus

Tas

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) orocryptus

Tas

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) palfreymani

Tas (Pedra Branca Rock)

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) pretiosus

Tas

Carlia amax

NT, Qld, WA

Rainbow-skink

Qld? (Cape York Peninsula? and also New Guinea)

Carlia burnetti - has been renamed Lygisaurus foliorum

NSW, Qld

Northern Red-throated Rainbow-skink

Qld

Sandy Rainbow-skink

Qld

Elegant Rainbow-skink

Qld

Slender Rainbow-skink

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

COMMON NAME
(Internal Link)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(External Link)

Acritoscincus platynotus
(was A. platynotum)

Carinascincus
(was Niveoscincus) coventryi

Carinascincus
(was Niveoscincus) orocryptus

Tas
(Pedra Branca Rock)