Australia is sometimes called the "Land of the Lizards" due to its spectacular diversity of these animals.
Victoria has over 80 species of lizard. Each of the Information Sheets below describes a species of lizard that lives in Victoria and includes information about what each lizard looks like, how they behave and where they occur.
Black Rock Skink Egernia saxatilis intermedia
Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard Tiliqua nigrolutea
Bougainville’s Skink Lerista bougainvillii
Common Delma Delma inornata
Common Scaly Foot Pygopus lepidopodus
Coventry’s Skink Niveoscincus coventryi
Cunningham’s Skink Egernia cunninghami
Delicate Skink Lampropholis delicata
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides
Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti
Grass Skink Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
Jacky Lizard, Amphibolurus muricatus
Marbled Gecko Christinus marmoratus
McCoy’s Skink Nannoscincus maccoyi
Metallic Skink Niveoscincus metallicum
Mountain Dragon Tympanocryptis diemensis
Nobbi Dragon Amphibolurus nobbi
Rawlinson’s Skink Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
Spencer’s Skink Pseudemoia spenceri
Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar
Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus
Swamp Skink Egernia coventryi
Thick-tailed Gecko Underwoodisaurus milii
Three-lined Skink Bassiana duperreyi
Three-toed Skink Hemiergis decresiensis
Tree Goanna or Lace Monitor Varanus varius
Tussock Skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri
Water Skink Eulamprus tympanum tympanum
Weasel Skink Saproscincus mustelina
White’s Skink Egernia whitii
Yellow-bellied Water Skink Eulamprus heatwolei
Cogger, H. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books.
Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. Reptiles of Australia. Princeton University Press.
Hi Lee - You're right, we do not have an infosheet about this particular lizard online. A publication such as Snakes, Lizards and Frogs of the Victorian Mallee (Swan & Watharow, 2005) may be of use to you, as it does have a page on this species, and is available for perusal at the Discovery Centre library!
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