NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
White's Rock-skink
Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
White's Skink, Freycinet peninsula, Tasmania. Photographer : Liese Coulter on April 09 2010.
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, White's skink; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:19:26.305092+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804)
- Name authority
- (Lacépède, 1804)
- Common name
- White's Rock-skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Liopholis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyEgerniinae
- genusLiopholis
- speciesLiopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Liopholis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Guthega SkinkLiopholis guthega (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Desert SkinkLiopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centralian Ranges Rock-skinkLiopholis margaretae (Storr, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain SkinkLiopholis montana (Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bull SkinkLiopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South-western Rock-skinkLiopholis pulchra (Werner, 1910) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centralian Floodplains Desert-skinkLiopholis slateri (Storr, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centralian Ranges Rock-skinkLiopholis personata (Storr, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great Desert-skinkLiopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Ranges Rock-skinkLiopholis modesta (Storr, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Night SkinkLiopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scincus compressicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | synonym |
| Scineus whitii Lacépède, 1804 Lacépède, 1804 | synonym |
| Tiliqua leucopsis Gray, 1838 Gray, 1838 | synonym |
| Egernia whitei tenebrosa Condon, 1941 Condon, 1941 | synonym |
| Lygosoma moniligera Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | synonym |
| Scincus leuwinensis Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | synonym |
| Scincus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Liopholis&species=whitii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3V7C9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.