White's skink

White's skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Liopholis
Species:
L. whitii
Binomial name
Liopholis whitii
(Lacépède, 1804)
Synonyms
  • Scincus whitii
    Lacépède, 1804
  • Lygosoma moniligera
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Liopholis moniligera
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Hinulia whitii
    — Gray, 1845
  • Egernia whitii
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Liopholis whitii
    — Gardner et al., 2008

White's skink (Liopholis whitii), also known commonly as White's rock skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family. It was first described in 1804 by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède. It is endemic to Australia.

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