Slater's desert skink

Slater's desert skink
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Egerniidae
Genus:	Liopholis
Species:	L. slateri
Binomial name
	Liopholis slateri; (Storr, 1968)
Synonyms
	Egernia slateri; Storr, 1968; Liopholis slateri; — Gardner et al., 2008;

Last updated October 06, 2025

Slater's desert skink (Liopholis slateri), also known commonly as the Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, and Slater's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, slateri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Kenneth R. Slater.^[3]

Geographic range

L. slateri is found in Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. slateri are forest and shrubland.^[1]

Reproduction

L. slateri is viviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Liopholis slateri slateri (Storr, 1968) – southern Northern Territory
Liopholis slateri virgata (Storr, 1968) – northern South Australia

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liopholis .

References

1 2 Chapple, D.G.; McDonald, P.; Hutchinson, M.; Cogger, H.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Liopholis slateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109478633A109478682. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109478633A109478682.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Liopholis slateri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 1 January 2020.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Egernia slateri, p. 245).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Gardner MG, Hugall AF, Donnellan SC, Hutchinson MN, Foster R (2008). "Molecular systematics of social skinks: phylogeny and taxonomy of the Egernia group (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society154 (4): 781–794. (Liopholis slateri, new combination).
Pavey CR, Burwell CJ, Nano CEM (2010). "Foraging Ecology and Habitat Use of Slater's Skink (Egernia slateri): An Endangered Australian Desert Lizard". Journal of Herpetology44 (4): 563–571.
Storr GM (1968). "Revision of the Egernia whitei species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia51 (2): 51–62. (Egernia slateri, new species; E. s. slateri, new subspecies; E. s. virgata, new subspecies).
Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280. (Liopholis slateri, p. 332).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Chapple, D.G.; McDonald, P.; Hutchinson, M.; Cogger, H.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Liopholis slateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109478633A109478682. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109478633A109478682.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Liopholis slateri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 1 January 2020.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Egernia slateri, p. 245).

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