THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

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SKINKS of SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SPECIES LIST

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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
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 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 or Porcupine Grass Ctenotus	Ctenotus atlas	NSW, SA, WA, Vic
Short-clawed Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus brachyonyx)	NSW, SA, Qld, Vic
Wedge-snout Ctenotus	Ctenotus brooksi	NT, Qld, SA, WA, Vic, NSW
Blue-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus	Ctenotus calurus	WA, NT, SA
Fine Side-lined Ctenotus	Ctenotus dux
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 (Status Uncertain)	Ctenotus inornatus (or Ctenotus helenae)	NT, WA, Qld, SA?
Bar-shouldered Ctenotus (Status Uncertain)	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)
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
Leopard Ctenotus (subspecies)	Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer	Pilbara and Southern Kimberly extending through central WA, into south-western NT, and inland South Australia
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 (Status uncertain)	Ctenotus robustus or Ctenotus spaldingi (Status uncertain) (includes skinks previously known as Ctenotus borealis)	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
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 (was E. carinata)	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 (Status uncertain)	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 (Status uncertain)	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 - Invalid Species - now called the South-western Slider	Lerista arenicola - Invalid species now called Lerista microtis (2024)	SA, WA
Baynes' Slider	Lerista baynesi	SA, WA
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 (was L. muelleri) (= L. goerlingi) (= L.rhodonoides)	WA, SA, NT, NSW, Qld, 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)
Bull Skink or Southern Sand-Skink	Liopholis (was Egernia) multiscutata	SA, Vic, 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, 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(?)
Common Dwarf Skink	Menetia greyii	NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA
Saltbush Morethia Skink	Morethia adelaidensis	NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA, NT?
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
Tussock Skink	Pseudemoia pagenstecheri	NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT
Glossy Grass Skink	Pseudemoia rawlinsoni	NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT
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?
Western Shingleback	Tiliqua rugosa rugosa	South Western Australia, WA, SA?
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

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)