NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Cunningham's Skink
Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink (Egernia cunninghami), also known commonly as Cunningham's skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to southeastern Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:16:27.754639+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1832)
- Common name
- Cunningham's Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Egernia
- 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
- genusEgernia
- speciesEgernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Egernia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gidgee SkinkEgernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tree SkinkEgernia striolata (Peters, 1870) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pilbara Crevice SkinkEgernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yakka SkinkEgernia rugosa de Vis, 1888 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hosmer's Spiny-tailed SkinkEgernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed SkinkEgernia eos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Goldfields Crevice-skinkEgernia formosa Fry, 1914 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South-western Crevice SkinkEgernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kaputar Rock SkinkEgernia roomi (Wells & Wellington, 1985) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Egernia lohmanni Werner, 1917 Werner, 1917 | synonym |
| Egernia barnetti Wells & Wellington, 1985 Wells & Wellington, 1985 | synonym |
| Egernia kennersoni Wells & Wellington, 1985 Wells & Wellington, 1985 | synonym |
| Tiliqua cunninghami Gray, 1832 Gray, 1832 | synonym |
| Egernia krefftii Peters, 1871 Peters, 1871 | synonym |
| Egernia jossae Wells & Wellington, 1985 Wells & Wellington, 1985 | 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=Egernia&species=cunninghami 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6DXGC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.