Liopholis

Liopholis is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Egerniinae of the family Scincidae. Species of the genus are found in the Australian region. They were previously placed in the genus Egernia.

Description

Liopholis are smallish to largish-sized skinks. They may attain an adult snout-to-vent length of, with a bulky angular body. They have 34–52 rows of scales at midbody; the dorsal scales are usually smooth. The nasal scale has no postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is incomplete. The eyes are relatively large, and the eyelids usually have conspicuous cream-coloured margins.

Species

There are 15 recognized species:

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Liopholis aputja Farquhar et al., 2024	Central Ranges rock skink	North-western South Australia.
	Liopholis guthega Donnellan (scientist)\|Donnellan], Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002	Snowy Mountains skink, guthega skink, alpine egernia	south-eastern Australia.
	Liopholis inornata	desert egernia, unadorned desert-skink, "desert skink"	central Western Australia, most of inland South Australia, southern Northern Territory, south-west Queensland, western New South Wales and a small part of north-west Victoria
	Liopholis kintorei	Great Desert skink	Northern Territory and Western Australia.
	Liopholis margaretae	MacDonnell Ranges rock-skink, Flinder's Ranges rock-skink	central Australia.
	Liopholis modesta	Eastern Ranges rock-skink	eastern Australia
	Liopholis montana Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002	montane rock-skink, mountain egernia, "mountain skink"	south-eastern Australia
	Liopholis multiscutata	bull skink, southern sand-skink, heath skink	southern Australia
	Liopholis parva		north-western Australia
	Liopholis personata		southern Australia
	Liopholis pulchra	southwestern rock-skink, spectacled rock skink, Jurien Bay rock-skink	south-western Australia
	Liopholis purnululu		north-western Australia
	Liopholis slateri	Slater's desert skink, Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, Slater's skink	Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia
	Liopholis striata	night skink, nocturnal desert-skink, striated egernia	western Australia
	Liopholis whitii	White's skink, White's rock-skink	south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liopholis.