Egerniinae Explained

Egerniinae is the subfamily of social skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the Egernia group in the large subfamily Lygosominae.^[1]

Genera

The subfamily Egerniinae contains 63 species in 8 genera.

Image	Genus	Species
	Bellatorias	Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897) Bellatorias major (Gray, 1845) – Land mullet Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
	Corucia	Corucia zebrata
	Cyclodomorphus	Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867) Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) Cyclodomorphus celatus Shea & Miller, 1995 Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (JE Gray, 1845) Cyclodomorphus maximus (Storr, 1976) Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984 Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 Cyclodomorphus venustus Shea & Miller, 1995
	Egernia	Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) – Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink Egernia cygnitos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Western Pilbara spiny-tailed skink Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875) – pygmy spiny-tailed skink Egernia douglasi Glauert, 1956 – Kimberley crevice-skink Egernia eos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – central pygmy spiny-tailed skink Egernia epsisolus Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink Egernia formosa Fry, 1914 – Goldfield's crevice-skink Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955 – Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838) – King's skink Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington, 1984 – eastern crevice-skink, McPhee's egernia Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838) – southwestern crevice-skink Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 – Pilbara crevice-skink Egernia richardi (W. Peters, 1869) – bright crevice-skink, dark spiny-tailed skink Egernia roomi (Wells and Wellington, 1985) Egernia rugosa De Vis, 1888 – Yakka skink Egernia saxatilis Cogger, 1960 – Black rock skink, black crevice-skink Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) – gidgee spiny-tailed skink, gidgee skink, Stokes's skink Egernia striolata (W. Peters, 1870) – tree crevice-skink, "tree skink"
	Liopholis	Liopholis guthega Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002 – Snowy Mountains skink, guthega skink, alpine egernia Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) – desert egernia, unadorned desert-skink, "desert skink" Liopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) – Great Desert skink Liopholis margaretae (Storr, 1968) – Centralian Ranges rock-skink, Flinder's Ranges rock-skink Liopholis modesta (Storr, 1968) – Eastern Ranges rock-skink Liopholis montana Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002 – montane rock-skink, mountain egernia, "mountain skink" Liopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949) – bull skink, southern sand-skink, heath skink Liopholis personata (Storr, 1968) Liopholis pulchra (F. Werner, 1910) – southwestern rock-skink, spectacled rock skink, Jurien Bay rock-skink Liopholis slateri (Storr, 1968) – Slater's desert skink, Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, Slater's skink Liopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) – night skink, nocturnal desert-skink, striated egernia Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804) – White's skink, White's rock-skink
	Lissolepis	Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978) Lissolepis luctuosa (W. Peters, 1866)
	Tiliqua	Tiliqua adelaidensis (Peters, 1863) Tiliqua gigas (Schneider, 1801) Tiliqua multifasciata (Sternfeld, 1919) Tiliqua nigrolutea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Tiliqua occipitalis (Peters, 1863) Tiliqua rugosa (Gray, 1825) Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790) Irian Jaya blue tongue skink
	Tribolonotus	Tribolonotus annectens – Zweifel's helmet skink, New Britain spiny skink Tribolonotus blanchardi – Blanchard's helmet skink Tribolonotus brongersmai – Admiralty spiny skink, Brongersma's helmet skink Tribolonotus choiseulensis Tribolonotus gracilis – red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink Tribolonotus novaeguineae – white-eyed crocodile skink Tribolonotus parkeri Tribolonotus ponceleti – giant spiny skink, Poncelet's helmet skink Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti – western crocodile skink, false Poncelet's helmet skink Tribolonotus schmidti – Schmidt's helmet skink, Schmidt's crocodile skink

Notes and References

1. Austin JJ, Arnold EN . Jeremy Austin .

   fr:Edwin Nicholas Arnold

   . 2006 . Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands . . 39 . 2 . 503–511 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 . 16473026.