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Australian Desert and Rock Skinks

Liopholis

Egernia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) that occurs in Australia. These skinks are ecologically diverse omnivores that inhabit a wide range of habitats. However, in the loose delimitation (which incorporates about 30 species) the genus is not monophyletic but an evolutionary grade, as has long been suspected due to its lack of characteristic apomorphies.

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 15 known species

White's Skink

speciesLiopholis whitii

Northern White’s Skink

speciesLiopholis compressicauda

Flinders Ranges Rock Skink

speciesLiopholis personata

Bull Skink

speciesLiopholis multiscutata

Southwestern Rock Skink

speciesLiopholis pulchra

Desert Skink

speciesLiopholis inornata

Eastern Ranges Rock Skink

speciesLiopholis modesta

Guthega Skink

speciesLiopholis guthega

Montane Rock Skink

speciesLiopholis montana

MacDonnell Ranges Rock Skink

speciesLiopholis margaretae

Great Desert Skink

speciesLiopholis kintorei

Nocturnal Desert Skink

speciesLiopholis striata

Kungaka

speciesLiopholis mutawintji

Centralian Floodplains Desert Skink

speciesLiopholis slateri

Central Ranges Rock Skink

speciesLiopholis aputja

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89552.