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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
