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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION | |
Eastern Three-lined Skink or Bold-striped Cool-skink |
Acritoscincus duperreyi |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas | |
Western Three-lined Skink |
Acritoscincus (or Bassiana) trilineatus |
WA, SA | |
Highlands Forest-skink,
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Anepischetosia (was Nannoscincus) maccoyi |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas |
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Red-tailed Soil-crevice Skink or Kinghorn's Snake-Eyed Skink |
Austroablepharus kinghorni |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA | |
Desert Rainbow-skink |
Carlia triacantha |
NT, SA, WA (Qld?) | |
Inland snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus australis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | |
Pale Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus ochrus |
SA (NT?, Qld?) | |
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus pannosus |
SA, NT, NSW, QLD, Vic | |
Elegant Snake-eyed Skink |
Cryptoblepharus pulcher |
NSW, Qld, SA, WA | |
Ariadna's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ariadnae |
WA, SA, Qld, NT | |
Ariadna's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus ariadnae |
WA, SA, Qld, NT | |
Stony Downs Ctenotus |
Ctenotus astarte |
Qld, SA | |
Southern Mallee Ctenotus
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Ctenotus atlas |
NSW, SA, WA, Vic |
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Short-clawed Ctenotus
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Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus brachyonyx) |
NSW, SA, Qld, Vic | |
Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus brooksi |
NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW |
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Blue-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus calurus |
WA, NT, SA | |
Fine Side-lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus dux |
NT, SA, WA, Qld | |
Eucla Ctenotus |
Ctenotus euclae (was C. brooksi euclae ) |
SA, WA | |
Grand Ctenotus |
Ctenotus grandis |
NT, SA, WA | |
Spotted-necked Ctenotus |
Ctenotus greeri |
NT, WA, SA | |
Nimble Ctenotus |
Ctenotus hanloni |
NT, SA, WA | |
Clay-soil Ctenotus
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Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus helenae) |
NT, WA, Qld, SA? | |
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus
(Status Uncertain)
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Ctenotus inornatus |
NT, Qld, WA, SA, Vic | |
Black-soil Ctenotus |
Ctenotus joanae |
NT, Qld, SA | |
Kutjupa Wedge-snout Ctenotus/Skink |
Ctenotus kutjupa |
WA, SA, NT (Great Victoria Desert and adjacent regions) |
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Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus leae |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA | |
Leonhardi's Ctenotus |
Ctenotus leonhardii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA | |
Nasute Finesnout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus nasutus |
NT, WA, SA? | |
Spotted Ctenotus Skink |
Ctenotus olympicus |
Qld, NSW, SA, NT | |
Eastern Ctenotus |
Ctenotus orientalis (was C. uber orientalis) |
Vic, Qld, NSW, SA, WA, ACT | |
Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies) |
Ctenotus pantherinus acripes |
Northern and eastern NT, inland Qld, north-eastern SA, Barrow Island WA
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Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies) |
Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer |
Pilbara and Southern Kimberly extending through central WA, into south-western NT, and inland South Australia
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Coarse Sands Ctenotus |
Ctenotus piankai |
NT, SA, WA, Qld? | |
Fourteen Lined Ctenotus |
Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus |
NT, SA, WA | |
Pale-rumped (or Royal) Ctenotus |
Ctenotus regius |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic | |
Robust Striped Skink or Eastern Striped Skink
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Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain)
|
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | |
Stony-soil (or Rock) Ctenotus (Status Uncertain) |
Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus saxatilis) |
NT, Qld, SA,WA | |
Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus schomburgkii (see also Ctenotus kutjupa) |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA,Vic |
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Massive-gibber Ctenotus |
Ctenotus septenarius |
NT, SA, QLD, WA | |
Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus |
Ctenotus strauchii |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA | |
Eyrean Ctenotus |
Ctenotus taeniatus (was Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus) |
NSW, Qld, Vic, SA, NT | |
Spinifex Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus melanops |
NSW, WA, SA, NT, QLD | |
Samphire (or Saltbush) Slender Bluetongue |
Cyclodomorphus venustus |
SA, Qld, NSW | |
Cunningham's Skink |
Egernia cunninghami cunninghami |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic | |
Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink |
Egernia eos (split from Egernia depressa) |
NT, SA?, WA | |
Bight Crevice-skink |
Egernia richardi
|
SA, WA | |
Eastern Stoke's (Gidgee) Skink |
Egernia stokesii zellingi |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA | |
Tree Skink |
Egernia striolata |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic | |
Western Narrow-banded Skink |
Eremiascincus pallidus (was Eremiascincus fasciolatus) |
WA, NT, SA | |
Ghost Skink |
Eremiascincus phantasmus |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA | |
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer |
Eremiascincus richardsonii |
Qld, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic. | |
Yellow Bellied Water Skink
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Eulamprus heatwolei |
NSW, ACT, Vic, SA | |
Eastern (Common) Water Skink |
Eulamprus quoyii |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic | |
Southern Water-skink |
Eulamprus tympanum tympanum |
NSW, Vic, SA | |
Three-toed Earless Skink
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Hemiergis decresiensis continentis |
(Mainland) SA | |
Three-toed Earless Skink |
Hemiergis decresiensis decresiensis |
(Kangaroo Island) SA | |
Southwestern Earless Skink |
Hemiergis initialis |
SA, WA | |
Triodia Earless Skink |
Hemiergis millewae |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA | |
Peron's (Lowlands) Earless Skink |
Hemiergis peronii |
SA, Vic, WA | |
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, Qld, SA, Vic | |
Desert Plain Slider |
Lerista aericeps |
NSW, NT, Qld, WA, SA | |
Bight Slider
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Lerista arenicola - Invalid species now called Lerista microtis (2024) |
SA, WA | |
Baynes' Slider |
Lerista baynesi |
SA, WA |
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Two-toed Skink (North-western Sandslider) |
Lerista baynesi |
Lerista bipes |
NT, SA, WA, Qld, NSW? |
Bougainville's Skink (South-eastern Slider) |
Lerista bougainvillii |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic | |
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 | |
Wide-striped Mulch Slider |
Lerista elongata |
SA | |
Southern Sandslider |
Lerista labialis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA | |
South-western Slider |
Lerista microtis (includes skinks previously called Lerista arenicola(2024) |
SA, WA | |
Eastern Robust Slider |
Lerista punctatovittata |
SA, NSW, Vic, Qld | |
Pale-striped Mulch Slider |
Lerista speciosa |
SA | |
Ribbon Slider |
Lerista taeniata |
NT, WA, SA | |
Robust Mulch-slider |
Lerista terdigitata |
SA | |
Timid Slider |
Lerista timida
|
WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, Vic? |
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Desert Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) inornata |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | |
*Great Desert Skink
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Liopholis (was Egernia) kintorei |
NT, SA, WA | |
Centralian Ranges Rock-skink |
Liopholis margaretae (was Liopholis margaretae margaretae) |
NT, SA (Central Australia)
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Bull Skink or Southern Sand-Skink |
Liopholis (was Egernia) multiscutata |
SA, Vic, WA | |
Flinders Ranges Rock-skink |
Liopholis personata (was Liopholis margaretae personata) |
SA (Flinders Ranges) | |
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, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic | |
White's Skink (tenobrosa subspecies- now invalid) |
(was Egernia whitii tenobrosa now Liopholis whitii) |
SA, Vic | |
Eastern Mourning Skink |
Lissolepis (was Egernia) coventryi |
SA, Vic, NSW(?) |
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Common Dwarf Skink |
Menetia greyii |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | |
Saltbush Morethia Skink |
Morethia adelaidensis |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA, NT? |
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South-eastern Morethia Skink |
Morethia boulengeri |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | |
Woodland Morethia Skink |
Morethia butleri |
SA, WA | |
Shrubland Morethia Skink |
Morethia obscura |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA | |
Lined Firetail Skink |
Morethia ruficauda |
NT, SA, WA | |
Ornate Soil-crevice Skink |
Notoscincus ornatus |
NT, Qld, SA, WA | |
Blacksoil Skink or Red-tailed soil-crevice skink |
Proablepharus (or Austroablepharus) kinghorni |
NT, Qld, SA, NSW | |
Western Soil-crevice Skink |
Proablepharus reginae |
NT, SA, WA | |
Bight Coast Skink |
Pseudemoia baudini |
SA, WA | |
Southern Grass Skink |
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT |
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Tussock Skink |
Pseudemoia pagenstecheri |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT | |
Glossy Grass Skink |
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni |
NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT |
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Pygmy (Adelaide) Bluetongue |
Tiliqua adelaidensis |
SA | |
Centralian Blue-Tongued Lizard |
Tiliqua multifasciata |
NT, Qld, SA, WA | |
Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard |
Tiliqua nigrolutea |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic | |
Western Blue-Tongued Lizard |
Tiliqua occipitalis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA | |
Common/Eastern Shingleback |
Tiliqua rugosa aspera |
SA, NSW, Vic, Qld, ACT, WA? |
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Western Shingleback |
Tiliqua rugosa rugosa |
South Western Australia, WA, SA? |
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Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard |
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Reptilia (paraphyletic) |
Subclass: |
Diapsida |
(unranked): |
Sauria |
Infraclass: |
Lepidosauromorpha |
Order: |
Squamata |
Suborder: |
Scleroglossa |
Infraorder: |
Scincomorpha |
Family: |
Scincidae |
Subfamily: |
Lygosominae |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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