Stokes's skink

Stokes's skink (Egernia stokesii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. It is also called the gidgee spiny-tailed skink and gidgee skink.

Stokes's skink

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Egernia
Species:
E. stokesii
Binomial name
Egernia stokesii
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Silubosaurus stokesii Gray, 1845
  • Silubosaurus zellingi De Vis, 1884

The species is endemic to Australia and is found in the states Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.[2]

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:[2]

  • Egernia stokesii aethiops Storr, 1978
  • Egernia stokesii badia Storr, 1978
  • Egernia stokesii stokesii (Gray, 1845)
  • Egernia stokesii zellingi (De Vis, 1884)

References
  1. "Egernia stokesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62246A101743684.en.
  2. Egernia stokesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2019.


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