Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: May 26th, 2024. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Egernia Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Egernia Australian Greater Skinks Stachelschwanzskinke, Stachelskinke, Dornschwanzskinke Pighaleskinker 1838 Egernia Gray (type species: Tiliqua cunninghami Gray 1832) 1839 Tropidolopisma Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Tropidolopisma dumerilii Dumeril & Bibron 1839; syn. Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1845 Silubosaurus Gray (type species: Silubosaurus stokesii Gray 1845; syn. Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1984 Contundo Wells & Wellington (type species: Tiliqua napoleonis Gray 1839; syn. Cogger 1996) 1985 Storrisaurus Wells & Wellington (type species: Storrisaurus husbandi Wells & Wellington 1985) 1985 Sivascincus Wells & Wellington (type species: Egernia pilbarensis Storr 1978; syn. Cogger 1996) Contents: 18 species, all of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included Bellatorias, Liopholis, and Lissolepis. Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia). Egernia cunninghami Greater Southeastern Skink, (Cunningham's Skink) Südöstlicher Stachelschwanzskink, (Cunningham's Dornschwanzskink, Cunningham's Skink) Sydøstlig Pighaleskink 1832 Tiliqua cunninghami Gray Egernia cunninghami Boulenger 1887 1871 Egernia krefftii Peters (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1917 Egernia lohmanni Werner (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1985 Egernia barnetti Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) 1985 Egernia jossae Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) 1985 Egernia kennersoni Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) Introduced to: USA (Florida). Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria). Egernia cunninghami © Rune Midtgaard Egernia cygnitos Western Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skink Westlicher Pilbara-Stachelschwanzskink Vestlig Pilbara-pighaleskink 2011 Egernia cygnitos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia depressa Southern Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink, Small Spiny-tailed Egernia, Depressed Spiny Skink Zwerg-Stachelschwanzskink, Plattschwänzchen Sydlig Dværg-pighaleskink 1875 Silubosaurus depressus Günther Egernia depressa Boulenger 1887 Remarks: Now restricted to Western Australia. Previously included populations now assigned to cygnitos, eos and epsisolus (Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan 2011). Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia depressa © Rune Midtgaard Egernia douglasi Kimberley Crevice Skink Kimberley-Spaltenskink Kimberley-spalteskink 1956 Egernia striolata douglasi Glauert Egernia douglasi Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Contundo douglasi Wells & Wellington 1984 Sivascincus douglasi Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia eos Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink Zentraler Zwerg-Stachelschwanzskink Central Dværg-pighaleskink 2011 Egernia eos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia). Egernia epsisolus Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skink Östlicher Pilbara-Stachelschwanzskink Østlig Pilbara-pighaleskink 2011 Egernia epsisolus Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia formosa Goldfields Crevice Skink Goldfields-Spaltenskink Goldfields-spalteskink 1914 Egernia formosa Fry Contundo formosa Wells & Wellington 1984 Sivascincus formosa Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia hosmeri Northeastern Spiny-tailed Skink, (Hosmer's Spiny-tailed Skink, Hosmer's Skink) Nordöstlicher Stachelschwanzskink , (Hosmer's Stachelschwanzskink) Nordøstlig Pighaleskink 1955 Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn Silubosaurus hosmeri Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland). Egernia hosmeri © Rune Midtgaard Egernia kingii Greater Southwestern Skink, (King's Skink) Südwestlicher Stachelschwanzskink, (King's Skink) Sydvestlig Pighaleskink 1838 Tiliqua kingii Gray Egernia kingii Boulenger 1887 Tropidolopisma kingii Wells & Wellington 1985 1839 Tropidolopisma dumerilii Duméril & Bibron [part] (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1845 Tropidolepisma nitida Gray (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1985 Tropidolepisma paynei Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia kingii © Rune Midtgaard Egernia mcpheei Eastern Crevice Skink, (McPhee's Rock Skink) Östlicher Stachelschwanzskink Østlig Spalteskink 1984 Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington Contundo mcpheei Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland). Egernia napoleonis Southwestern Crevice Skink, Salmon-bellied Skink Südwestlicher Stachelschwanzskink Sydvestlig Spalteskink 1839 Tiliqua napoleonis Gray Egernia whitii napoleonis Mitchell 1950 Egernia napoleonis Worrell 1963 Contundo napoleonis Wells & Wellington 1984 Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia napoleonis © Rune Midtgaard Egernia pilbarensis Pilbara Crevice Skink Pilbara-Spaltenskink Pilbara-spalteskink 1978 Egernia pilbarensis Storr Contundo pilbarensis Wells & Wellington 1984 Sivascincus pilbarensis Wells & Wellington 1985 Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Egernia richardi Bight Crevice Skink, Woodland Crevice Skink, Western Tree Skink, Dark Spiny-tailed Skink Westaustralischer Baumskink Vestaustralsk Træskink 1869 Tropidolepisma richardi Peters Egernia richardi Cogger 1975 Sivascincus richardi Wells & Wellington 1985 1939 Egernia carinata Smith (M. Gardner, cited in the Reptile Database, reptile-database.reptarium.cz) Distribution: Australia (South Australia, Western Australia). Egernia roomi Mount Kaputar Rock Skink Kaputar-Stachelschwanzskink Kaputar-pighaleskink 1985 Contundo roomi Wells & Wellington Egernia sp. "roomi" Swan, Shea & Sadlier 2004 Remarks: Although not mentioned by Wilson & Swan (2010), this taxon is tentatively regarded as a valid species herein, following Shea & Sadlier (1999) and Swan, Shea & Sadlier (2004), who regarded it as such, although they did not accept roomi as the valid name for the species, but regarded it as unnamed. Distribution: Australia (New South Wales). Egernia rugosa Yakka Skink Yakka Skink Yakkaskink 1888 Egernia rugosa De Vis Storrisaurus rugosa Wells & Wellington 1985 1985 Storrisaurus husbandi Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) Distribution: Australia (Queensland). Egernia saxatilis Black Rock Skink, Black Crevice Skink Brauner Felsenskink Sort Klippeskink 1960 Egernia saxatilis Cogger Contundo saxatilis Wells & Wellington 1985 1960 Egernia saxatilis intermedia Cogger Egernia intermedia Wells & Wellington 1984 Remarks: A single record from Queensland (Covacevich & Couper 1991) refer to mcpheei (Shea, Sadlier & Johnson 2000). Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria). Egernia stokesii Gidgee Skink, Gidgee Spiny-tailed Skink, Western Spiny-tailed Skink, (Stoke’s Skink, Stoke's Egernia) Westliche Stachelschwanzskink, (Stoke’s Dornschwanzskink) Vestlig Pighaleskink 1845 Silubosaurus stokesii Gray Egernia stokesii Boulenger 1887 1884 Silubosaurus zellingi De Vis (Cogger 1996) 1978 Egernia stokesii aethiops Storr 1978 Egernia stokesii badia Storr Other common names: aethiops: Baudin Island Spiny-tailed Skink badia: Greater Spiny-tailed Skink, (Western Spiny-tailed Skink) stokesii: Limestone Spiny-tailed Skink, Houtman Abrolhos Spiny-tailed Skink Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia). Egernia stokesii © Rune Midtgaard Egernia striolata Tree Crevice Skink, Eastern Tree Skink, (Tree Skink) Baum-Stachelskink Østlig Træskink 1870 Tropidolepisma striolatum Peters Egernia striolata Boulenger 1887 Contundo striolata Wells & Wellington 1984 Sivascincus striolata Wells & Wellington 1985 1873 Tropidolepisma dorsale Peters (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) 1985 Sivascincus wrani Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria). Egernia striolata © Rune Midtgaard