Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
January 31st, 2025.
 
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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: Gongylus moniligera Dumeril & Bibron 1839) |
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1984 | |
Flamoscincus Wells & Wellington (type species: Egernia kintorei Stirling & Zietz 1893; syn. Cogger 1996) |
Contents:
15 species, which are all 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 aputja
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Aputja Rock Skink
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Aputja-Felsskink
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Aputja-klippeskink
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Liopholis aputja Farquhar, Mulder, Russell, Haines & Chapple in Farquhar, Mulder, Russell, Haines, Rangers & Chapple |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of margaretae.
Distribution:
Australia
(South 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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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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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 |
Remarks:
Now restricted to Northern Territory.
Previously included personata and the populations now assigned to aputja.
Records from South Australia refer to these two species.
Chapple & Keogh (2004) suggested that the New South Wales population actually represents whitii, which is followed herein.
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory).
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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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1968 | |
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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Liopholis bradshawi Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) |
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Liopholis messeli Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) |
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1985 | |
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 parva
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Northwest Cape Dune Skink, Northwest Cape Skink
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Northwest-Cape-Dünenskink
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Northwest Cape-klitskink
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Liopholis parva Aplin, Maryan, Armstrong, Pavey & Donnellan |
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia.
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Liopholis personata
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Flinders Ranges Rock Skink
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Flinders-Ranges-Felsskink
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Flinders Ranges-klippeskink
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Egernia margaretae personata Storr |
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Liopholis personata Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of margaretae.
Regarded as a separate species herein, following Chapple & Keogh (2004).
Distribution:
Australia
(South 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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Egernia pulchra Werner |
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Liopholis pulchra Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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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 purnululu
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Purnululu Rock Skink, Purnululu Skink
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Purnululu-Felsskink
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Purnululu-klippeskink
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Liopholis purnululu Aplin, Maryan, Armstrong, Pavey & Donnellan |
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia.
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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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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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Egernia slateri virgata Storr |
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Flamoscincus virgata Wells & Wellington 1984 |
Remarks:
The taxon virgata (N. South Australia) likely represents a distinct species that is potentially extinct as it has not been sighted for more than a century
(Aplin, Maryan, Armstrong, Pavey & Donnellan 2024).
A population in the Bungle Bungle Range (Western Australia) has previously been assigned to slateri (e.g., Storr, Smith & Johnstone 1999).
Aplin & Smith (2001) did not include this species in their checklist for the state, pending further studies, and it has subsequently been assigned to purnululu.
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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1824 | |
Scincus compressicauda Quoy & Gaimard (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne 2002) |
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Liopholis compressicauda Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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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
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