Species profile—Tiliqua rugosa (shingle-back)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Tiliqua rugosa (shingle-back)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Tiliqua rugosa (Gray, 1825)
- Common name
- shingle-back
- Type reference
- Gray, J.E. (1825). A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy, 10, 193-217.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 103
- Synonym(s)
- Trachydosaurus rugosus asper
Tiliqua rugosa asper
Tiliqua rugosa aspera
Trachydosaurus rugosa - Alternate name(s)
- shingleback
stumpy-tail
stumpy tail lizard
sleepy lizard
shingleback lizard
pinecone lizard
boggi
bobtail - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=103.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
