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Basic information
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Liopholis kintorei
Great Desert Skink
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilySkinks
GenusSkinks
- English name
- Great Desert Skink
- Alternative names
- Great Desert-skink, Kintore's Egernia, Kintore’s Egernia
- Synonyms
- Egernia dahlii, Egernia kintorei
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Desert, Forest, Grassland, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 206 mm
- Body mass
- max 223.9 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~9.7 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 76 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Nocturnal
- Body temperature
- 25.2–32.4 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–2 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–7 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3V7BX · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 15822 · dryad-v5