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Hosmer's Spiny-tailed Skink
Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955
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.
Egernia hosmeri at Philadelphia Zoo
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Open encyclopedia reference
Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink (Egernia hosmeri), also known commonly as Hosmer's egernia and Hosmer's skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is a diurnal, rock-dwelling species native to Northern Australia.
Wikipedia contributors, Hosmer'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 2026-10-05T11:57:18.215924+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955
- Name authority
- Kinghorn, 1955
- Common name
- Hosmer's Spiny-tailed 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 hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955
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 |
| Cunningham's SkinkEgernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) | 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 |
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=hosmeri 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:6DXHG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.