Scincidae
Black Rock Skink
Egernia saxatilis Cogger, 1960
Egernia saxatilis, the black rock skink, is a diurnal Australian rock-dwelling lizard with complex social behavior.
Southwestern Crevice Skink
Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838)
Egernia napoleonis is an ovoviviparous skink species native to southwestern Western Australia, living in forests, shrublands, and rocky outcrops.
Eastern Crevice Skink
Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington, 1984
Egernia mcpheei, the eastern crevice-skink, is a large native-to-eastern-Australia skink lizard in the family Scincidae.
Cunningham's Skink
Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832)
Egernia cunninghami, or Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink, is a variable-colored viviparous skink that lives communally in Australian rocky crevices and logs.
King's Skink
Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838)
King's skink is a large black viviparous skink native to coastal south-western Australia that can be quite long lived.
Major Skink
Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897)
Bellatorias frerei is a lizard species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea that is ovoviviparous.
Land Mullet
Bellatorias major (Gray, 1845)
Bellatorias major, the land mullet, is a large long-lived lizard native to Australian southeastern rainforests.
White's Skink
Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804)
Liopholis whitii, White's skink, is a medium-sized variable-pattern skink widespread in southeastern Australia's rocky, shrubby habitats.
Southwestern Rock Skink
Liopholis pulchra (Werner, 1910)
Liopholis pulchra is a scincid skink species with multiple common names that is endemic to southwestern Australia.
Bull Skink
Liopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949)
Liopholis multiscutata, the southern heath skink, is a medium-sized burrowing skink endemic to southern Australia.
Desert Skink
Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905)
Liopholis inornata (desert egernia) is a medium-sized solitary burrowing skink native to arid inland Australia.
Flinders Ranges Rock Skink
Liopholis personata (Storr, 1968)
Liopholis personata is a endemic southern Australian skink species in the lizard family Scincidae.
Western Mourning Skink
Lissolepis luctuosa (Peters, 1866)
Lissolepis luctuosa, the western mourning skink, is a Scincidae skink endemic to Western Australia, Australia.
Eastern Mourning Skink
Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978)
Lissolepis coventryi is a viviparous Australian lizard that lives in freshwater wetlands, with a tail almost 1.5x its body length.
Desert Lidless Skink
Ablepharus deserti Strauch, 1868
Ablepharus deserti, the desert lidless skink, is a skink species native to parts of Central Asia.
Budak's snake-eyed skink
Ablepharus budaki Göcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996
Ablepharus budaki, or Budak's snake-eyed skink, is an endemic oviparous scincid lizard found in the Near East.
European Copper Skink
Ablepharus kitaibelii Bibron & Bory St-Vincent, 1833
Ablepharus kitaibelii is a small bronze-colored skink native to much of Europe and the Middle East, that hunts insects at twilight.
Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink
Ablepharus rueppellii (Gray, 1839)
Rüppell's snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus rueppellii) is a Middle Eastern skink species split from Ablepharus kitaibelii.
Himalaya Ground Skink
Asymblepharus himalayanus (Günther, 1864)
Asymblepharus himalayanus, the Himalaya ground skink, is a skink species found in South and Central Asia.
Mottled Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1836)
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus is a Scincidae lizard found throughout Oceania, also called mottled or Oceania snake-eyed skink.
Coastal Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus litoralis (Mertens, 1958)
Cryptoblepharus litoralis is a small coastal skink species found in northern Australia and New Guinea, with shiny black lower foot surfaces.
East-African Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus africanus (Sternfeld, 1918)
Cryptoblepharus africanus is a species of scincid lizard found in eastern Africa.
Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray, 1838)
Cryptoblepharus buchananii is a large-for-genus oviparous lizard that lives in desert, shrubland, and forest habitats.
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus pannosus Horner, 2007
Cryptoblepharus pannosus is an oviparous agile climbing skink native to multiple Australian states and territories.
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