.::::: Lizards of the World - Scincomorpha - Egernia :::::.
Last update: 16 July, 2004

The genus Egernia is distributed in Australia. These skinks are medium to large in size and show a wide variety of colors and shapes.
Egernia Gray, 1838
(Type = Tiliqua cunninghami)
Bellatorias Wells and Wellington, 1984
Contundo Wells and Wellington, 1984
Flamoscincus Wells and Wellington, 1984
Hortonia Wells and Wellington, 1985
Liopholis Fitzinger, 1843
(Type = Lygosoma moniligera)
Lissolepis Peters, 1873
(Type = Cyclodus luctuosus)
Silubosaurus Gray, 1845
(Type = Silubosaurus stokesii)
Storrisaurus Wells and Wellington, 1985
Torpedolepisma Lapsus
Tropidolepisma Lapsus
Tropidolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839
(Type = Tropidolopisma dumerilii)
Egernia coventryi Storr, 1978
Liopholis coventryi (Storr, 1978)
Lissolepis aquarius Wells & Wellington, 1985
Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978)
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia cunninghami
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Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832)
Egernia barnetti Wells & Wellington, 1985
Egernia cunninghami cunninghami (Gray, 1832)
Egernia cunninghami jossae Wells & Wellington, 1985
Egernia cunninghami krefftii Peters, 1871
Egernia jossae Wells & Wellington, 1985
Egernia kennersoni Wells & Wellington, 1985
Egernia krefftii Peters, 1871
Egernia lohmanni Werner, 1917
Tiliqua cunnighami Gray, 1832
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875)
Silubosaurus depressus Günther, 1875
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia douglasi Glauert, 1956
Contundo douglasi (Glauert, 1956)
Egernia striolata douglasi Glauert, 1956
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia formosa Fry, 1914
Contundo formosa (Fry, 1914)
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia frerei Günther, 1897
Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897)
Hortonia frerei (Günther, 1897)
Hortonia oakesi Wells & Wellington, 1985
Hortonia shinei Wells & Wellington, 1985
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia guthega Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002

Distribution: Australia.
Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955
Silubosaurus hosmeri (Kinghorn, 1955)
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia inornata Rosén, 1905
Flamoscincus inornata (Rosén, 1905)
Flamoscincus webberi Wells & Wellington, 1985
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838)
Scincus aterrimus Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Scincus nicitensis Gray, 1838
Scincus nuittensis Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Scincus trifasciatus Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Tiliqua kingii Gray, 1838
Tropidolepisma dumerilii Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Tropidolepisma kingi (Gray, 1838)
Tropidolepisma nitida Gray, 1845
Tropidolepisma paynei Wells & Wellington, 1985
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia kintorei Stirling & Zietz, 1893
Egernia dahlii Boulenger, 1896
Flamoscincus kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia luctuosa (Peters, 1866)
Cyclodus luctuosus Peters, 1866
Egernia lauta De Vis, 1866
Liopholis luctuosa (Peters, 1866)
Lissolepis luctuosa (Peters, 1866)
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia major (Gray, 1845)
Bellatorias major (Gray, 1845)
Egernia bungana De Vis, 1888
Tropidolepisma major (Gray, 1845)
Tropidolepisma majus Lapsus
Distribution: Australia.
Egernia margaretae Storr, 1968
  • margaretae Storr, 1968
    •
    Liopholis margaretae (Storr, 1968)
  • personata Storr, 1968
    •
    Liopholis personata (Storr, 1968)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington, 1984
    Contundo macpheei (Wells & Wellington, 1984)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia modesta Storr, 1968
    Egernia geophana Horton, 1968
    Egernia whitii modesta Storr, 1968
    Liopholis modesta (Storr, 1968)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia montana Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002

    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia multiscutata Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949
  • multiscutata
    • Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949
    Egernia whitii multiscutata Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949
    Liopholis bradshawi Wells & Wellington, 1985
    Liopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949)
    Liopholis robertsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • bos Storr, 1960
    Egernia bos Storr, 1960
    Liopholis bos (Storr, 1960)
    Distribution: Australia.
    • Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838)
    Contundo napoleonis (Gray, 1838)
    Tiliqua napoleonis     Gray, 1838
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
    Egernia arnhemensis Sadlier, 1990
    Hortonia obiri Wells & Wellington, 1985
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978
    Contundo pilbarensis (Storr, 1978)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia pulchra Werner, 1910
  • pulchra Werner, 1910
    •
    Liopholis pulchra (Werner, 1910)
  • longicauda Ford, 1963
    •
    Liopholis longicauda (Ford, 1963)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia richardi (Peters, 1869)
    Contundo carinata (Smith, 1939)
    Egernia carinata     Smith, 1939
    Tropidolepisma richardi Peters, 1869
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia rugosa De Vis, 1888
    Storrisaurus husbandi Wells & Wellington, 1985
    Storrisaurus rugosus (De Vis, 1888)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia saxatilis Cogger, 1960
  • saxatilis Cogger, 1960
    •
    Contundo roomi Wells and Wellington, 1985
    Contundo saxatilis (Cogger, 1960)
  • intermedia Cogger, 1960
    •
    Contundo intermedia (Cogger, 1960)
    Egernia intermedia Cogger, 1960
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia slateri Storr, 1968
  • slateri Storr, 1968
    •
    Flamoscincus slateri (Storr, 1968)
  • virgata Storr, 1968
    •
    Flamoscincus virgata (Storr, 1968)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845)
  • stokesii (Gray, 1845)
    •
    Silubosaurus stokesii Gray, 1845
  • aethiops Storr, 1968
    •
    Silubosaurus aethiops (Storr, 1968)
  • badia Storr, 1968
    •
    Silubosaurus badia (Storr, 1968)
  • zellingi (De Vis, 1884)
    Silubosaurus zellingi De Vis, 1884
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia striata Sternfeld, 1919
    Flamoscincus striata (Sternfeld, 1919)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia striolata (Peters, 1870)
    Contundo striolata (Peters, 1870)
    Tropidolepisma dorsale     Peters, 1874
    Tropidolepisma striolatum Peters, 1870
    Distribution: Australia.
    Egernia whitii (Lacépède, 1804)
    Egernia whitii moniligera (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
    Egernia whitii tenebrosa     Condon, 1941
    Egernia whitii whitii (Lacépède, 1804)
    Liopholis compressicauda     (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
    Liopholis coplandi     Wells & Wellington, 1985
    Liopholis whitii     (Lacépède, 1804)
    Lygosoma moniligera     Duméril & Bibron, 1839
    Lygosoma whitei (Lacépède, 1804)
    Scincus compressicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
    Scincus leuwinensis Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Nomen Nudum
    Scincus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Nomen Nudum
    Scincus whitti Lacépède, 1804
    Tiliqua leucopsis Gray, 1838
    Distribution: Australia.
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