Great Desert Skink

The Great Desert Skink is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The great desert skink is a relatively large and robust lizard (3) (4), with the rather cylindrical body, smooth scales and short limbs typical of skinks (5). More

The Great Desert Skink (Egernia kintorei) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found only in Australia. The great desert skink is a large lizard that grows up to 40 cm long and weigh up to 350 grams. More

Great Desert Skink, Great Desert-Skink, Great Desert-Skink, Kintore?s Egernia, Great Desert-Skink, Kintore’s Egernia, Kintore�s Egernia Description - Habitat Biome: Terrestrial Taxonomy More

Great Desert Skink outside its burrow at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - Steve McAlpin Contents - * Executive Summary * Part A * 1. More

The Great Desert Skink is a large burrowing lizard that can grow up to 44 centimetres long and weigh up to 350 grams. It is nationally listed as a vulnerable species. More

Great desert skink at burrow The great desert skink is a large lizard growing up to 40 cm long, and its red colour makes it quite distinctive. For 100 years very few were seen so it was thought to be nearly extinct. More

* Great Desert Skink (SA) - from Department of Environment and Heritage * Threatened Species List - pdf files from Natural More

Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) - Liopholis kintorei Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) (formerly Egernia kintorei) Family: Scincidae Class: Reptilia National status: Vulnerable State status: Vulnerable. More

from those lands, the great desert skink was either in trouble or it completely disappeared from those areas," she said. More

The Great Desert Skink is currently regarded as a Threatened species. Its range and population levels are thought to be contracting for reasons that are not yet apparent. More

The Great Desert Skink is listed as vulnerable. A%u1E49angu continue to hunt and gather animal species in remote areas of the park and on angu land elsewhere. More

Common names

Egernia kintorei in French - français
Great Desert Skink in English - English
great desert-skink in English - English
Great Desert-skink, Kintore?s Egernia in English - English
Great Desert-skink, Kintore’s Egernia in English - English