Lizards of Victoria

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