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Egernia (Skink)

Synonyms: Hortonia; Sivascincus; Storrisaurus; Torpidolepisma

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Species

Egernia cunninghami (Cunningham's Spiny-tailed Skink, Cunningham's Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia cygnitos (Attributes)
Egernia depressa (Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia douglasi (Kimberley Crevice-skink) (Attributes)
Egernia eos (Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia epsisolus (Eastern Pilbara Spiny-tailed Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia formosa (Goldfields Crevice-skink) (Attributes)
Egernia gillespieae
Egernia hosmeri (Hosmer's Spiny-tailed Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia kingii (King's Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia mcpheei (Rock skink) (Attributes)
Egernia napoleonis (South-western Crevice Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia pilbarensis (Pilbara Crevice Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia richardi (Bright Crevice-skink) (Attributes)
Egernia roomi
Egernia rugosa (Yakka skink) (Attributes)
Egernia saxatilis (Black Crevice-skink, Black Rock Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia stokesii (Gidgee Spiny-tailed Skink, Gidgee Skink, Stoke’s Skink) (Attributes)
Egernia striolata (Tree-crevice Skink, Tree Skink) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0