THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA

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

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SKINKS OF AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (ACT)
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

Listing of the Skinks
found in the
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (ACT)
(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
Eastern Three-lined Skink or Bold-striped Cool-skink	Acritoscincus duperreyi	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas
Red-throated Skink	Acritoscincus platynotus (was A. platynotum)	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic
Highlands Forest-skink, Southern Elf Skink or McCoy's Skink	Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas
Southern Forest Cool-skink	Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) coventryi	NSW, ACT, Vic
Southern Rainbow-skink	Carlia tetradactyla	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink	Cryptoblepharus pannosus	SA, NT, NSW, QLD, Vic, ACT (possibly introduced)
Eastern Ctenotus	Ctenotus orientalis (was C. uber orientalis)	Vic, Qld, NSW, ACT, SA, WA, ACT
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
* Spalding's or Straight-browed Ctenotus (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus spaldingi	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic (Introduced into Southern New Guinea and Tasmania)
Copper-Tailed Skink	Ctenotus taeniolatus	NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, ACT
Cunningham's Skink	Egernia cunninghami cunninghami	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Common Black Rock Skink	Egernia saxatilis intermedia	NSW, ACT, Vic
Tree Skink	Egernia striolata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Yellow Bellied Water Skink (Status uncertain)	Eulamprus heatwolei	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA
Alpine Water Skink	Eulamprus kosciuskoi	NSW, ACT, Vic
Eastern (Common) Water Skink	Eulamprus quoyii	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Southern Water-skink	Eulamprus tympanum tympanum	NSW, ACT, Vic, SA
Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink (Status uncertain)	Hemiergis talbingoensis talbingoensis (split from decresiensis)	Vic, NSW, ACT
Grass Skink or Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Rainbow Skink in Hawaii)	Lampropholis delicata	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to Lord Howe Island New Zealand and Hawaii
Common Grass Skink or Garden Skink	Lampropholis guichenoti	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
Bougainville's Skink (South-eastern Slider)	Lerista bougainvillii	NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT?
Mountain Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) montana	NSW, ACT, Vic
White's Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) whitii (includes skinks previously known as Egernia whitii tenobrosa)	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic
Common Dwarf Skink	Menetia greyii	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
South-eastern Morethia Skink	Morethia boulengeri	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Southern Forest Cool-skink	Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) coventryi	NSW, ACT, Vic
Southern Grass Skink	Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii	NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT
Tussock Skink	Pseudemoia pagenstecheri	NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT
Glossy Grass Skink	Pseudemoia rawlinsoni	NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT
Spencers' Skink or Trunk-climbing Cool-skink	Pseudemoia spenceri	NSW, ACT, Vic
Weasel Skink	Saproscincus mustelinus	NSW, ACT, Vic
Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard	Tiliqua nigrolutea	NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic
Common/Eastern Shingleback	Tiliqua rugosa aspera	SA, NSW, Vic, Qld, ACT, WA?
Eastern (Common) Blue-Tongued Lizard	Tiliqua scincoides scincoides	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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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)