Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Liopholis
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Australian Desert and Rock Skinks
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Australische Wüsten- und Felsskinke
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Australske Ørken- og Klippeskinker
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Liopholis Wells & Wellington (type species: # #) |
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1984 | |
Flamoscincus Wells & Wellington (type species: Egernia kintorei Stirling & Zietz 1893; syn. Cogger 1996) |
Contents:
11 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Egernia (e.g., Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [by implication]).
Revalidated by Gardner, Hugall, Donnellan, Hutchinson & Foster (2008).
Distribution:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia
[incl.
Kangaroo Island],
Tasmania
[incl.
Bass Strait Islands],
Victoria,
Western Australia).
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Liopholis guthega
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Snowy Mountains Rock Skink, Guthega Skink, Alpine Egernia
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Guthega-Skink
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Guthega-skink
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Egernia guthega Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne |
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Liopholis guthega Gardner, Hugall, Donnellan, Hutchinson & Foster 2008 |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Victoria).
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Liopholis inornata
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Unadorned Desert Skink, (Rosén's Skink)
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Schmuckloser Wüstenskink
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Prydløs Ørkenskink
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1905 | |
Egernia inornata Rosen |
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Flamoscincus inornatus Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Liopholis inornata Gardner, Hugall, Donnellan, Hutchinson & Foster 2008 |
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1985 | |
Flamoscincus webberi Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999) |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia,
Victoria,
Western Australia).
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Liopholis inornata
© Rune Midtgaard
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Liopholis kintorei
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Greater Desert Skink, Great Desert Skink, Tjakura, (Kintore's Egernia)
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Grosser Wüstenskink
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Stor Ørkenskink
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1893 | |
Egernia kintorei Stirling & Zietz |
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Flamoscincus kintorei Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Liopholis kintorei Gardner, Hugall, Donnellan, Hutchinson & Foster 2008 |
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1896 | |
Egernia dahlii Boulenger (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) |
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
South Australia,
Western Australia).
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Liopholis margaretae
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Centralian Rock Skink, Centralian Ranges Rock Skink, Masked Rock Skink, Flinders Ranges Rock Skink
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Zentralaustralischer Felsskink
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Centralaustralsk Klippeskink
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1968 | |
Egernia margaretae Storr |
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Liopholis margaretae Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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1968 | |
Egernia margaretae personata Storr |
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Liopholis personata Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Remarks:
Chapple & Keogh (2004) suggested that the New South Wales population actually represents whitii. They also suggested that margaretae and personata represent separate species, although they did not formally separate the two forms.
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
South Australia).
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Liopholis margaretae
© Rune Midtgaard
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Liopholis modesta
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Eastern Ranges Rock Skink, Modest Skink
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Ostaustralischer Felsskink
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Østaustralsk Klippeskink
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Egernia whitei modesta Storr |
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Egernia modesta Cogger 1975 |
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Liopholis modesta Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Queensland).
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Liopholis montana
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Tan-backed Rock Skink, Montane Rock Skink
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Braunrückiger Felsskink
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Brunrygget Klippeskink
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Egernia montana Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne |
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Liopholis montana Gardner, Hugall, Donnellan, Hutchinson & Foster 2008 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Victoria).
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Liopholis multiscutata
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Southern Sand Skink, Heath Skink
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Australischer Heideskink
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Australsk Hedeskink
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Egernia whitii multiscutata Mitchell & Behrndt |
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Egernia multiscutata Worrell 1963 |
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Liopholis multiscutata Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Egernia bos Storr (Chapple, Keogh & Hutchinson 2004) |
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Liopholis bos Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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1985 | |
Liopholis bradshawi Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) |
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1985 | |
Liopholis messeli Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) |
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Liopholis robertsoni Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) |
Other common names:
bos: Bull Skink, Bull-headed Skink
Distribution:
Australia
(South Australia
[incl.
Kangaroo Island],
Victoria,
Western Australia).
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Liopholis pulchra
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Spectacled Rock Skink, Southwestern Rock Skink
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Südwestlicher Felsskink
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Sydvestlig Klippeskink
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1910 | |
Egernia pulchra Werner |
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Liopholis pulchra Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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1839 | |
Tropidolopisma dumerilii Duméril & Bibron [part] (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983) |
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1963 | |
Egernia pulchra longicauda Ford |
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Liopholis longicaudus Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Other common names:
longicauda: Jurien Bay Rock Skink, Island Spectacled Rock Skink
pulchra: Southwestern Spectacled Rock Skink
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Liopholis pulchra
© Rune Midtgaard
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Liopholis slateri
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Centralian Floodplains Rock Skink, Black-lined Desert Skink, (Slater's Desert Skink)
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Schwarzstreifiger Wüstenskink
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Sortstribet Ørkenskink
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1968 | |
Egernia slateri slateri Storr |
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Flamoscincus slateri Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Liopholis slateri Gardner, Hugall, Donnellan, Hutchinson & Foster 2008 |
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1968 | |
Egernia slateri virgata Storr |
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Flamoscincus virgata Wells & Wellington 1984 |
Remarks:
Although a population from the Bungle Bungle Range (Western Australia) have been assigned to slateri (Storr, Smith & Johnstone 1999), Aplin & Smith (2001) did not include this species in their checklist for the state, pending further studies.
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
South Australia).
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Liopholis striata
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Desert Night Skink, Night Skink, Nocturnal Desert Skink, Striated Egernia, Elliptical-eyed Skink
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Australischer Nachtskink
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Ørken-natskink
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Egernia striata Sternfeld |
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Flamoscincus striata Wells & Wellington 1984 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
South Australia,
Western Australia).
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Liopholis striata
© Rune Midtgaard
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Liopholis whitii
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Southeastern Rock Skink, (White's Skink, White's Rock Skink)
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Südöstlicher Felsskink
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Sydøstlig Klippeskink
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Scincus whitii Lacepede |
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Hinulia whitii Gray 1845 |
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Lygosoma whitei Peters 1863 |
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Egernia whitii Boulenger 1887 |
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Liopholis whitii Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Scincus compressicauda Quoy & Gaimard (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne 2002) |
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Liopholis compressicauda Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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1838 | |
Tiliqua leucopsis Gray (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne 2002) |
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1839 | |
Gongylus moniligera Duméril & Bibron (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne 2002) |
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Egernia whitei tenebrosa Condon (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne 2002) |
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1985 | |
Liopholis coplandi Wells & Wellington (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne 2002) |
Distribution:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Queensland,
South Australia
[incl.
Kangaroo Island],
Tasmania
[incl.
Bass Strait Islands],
Victoria).
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Liopholis whitii
© Rune Midtgaard
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