Great desert skink

Great desert skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Liopholis
Species:
L. kintorei
Binomial name
Liopholis kintorei
(Stirling & Zietz, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Egernia kintorei
    Stirling & Zietz, 1893
  • Egernia dahlii
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Egernia kintorei
    — Glauert, 1960
  • Liopholis kintorei
    — Gardner et al., 2008

The great desert skink (Liopholis kintorei or Egernia kintorei), also known commonly as Kintore's egernia and by various other names including tjakura in various Aboriginal Australian languages, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the western half of Australia. It is a burrowing lizard and extremely social.

  1. ^ Paltridge, R.; Catt, G.; Cowan, M.; Gaikhorst, G.; How, R.; Zichy-Woinarski, J.; Cogger, H.; Teale, R. (2018). "Liopholis kintorei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T7040A101743329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T7040A101743329.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Liopholis kintorei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.