Great Desert Skink

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q308744
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Great Desert Skink

Summary

Great Desert Skink is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Desert Skink's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Great Desert Skink is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Great Desert Skink's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • Great Desert Skink belongs to the parent taxon Liopholis[6].
  • Great Desert Skink is endemic to Australia[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Great Desert Skink is Liopholis kintorei[8].
  • Great Desert Skink's original combination is recorded as Egernia kintorei[9].
  • Great Desert Skink's taxon synonym is recorded as Egernia kintorei[10].
  • Great Desert Skink's short name is recorded as L. kintorei[11].
  • Great Desert Skink is commonly known as Great Desert Skink[12].
  • Great Desert Skink's taxon author citation is recorded as (Stirling & Zietz, 1893.0)[13].
  • Great Desert Skink's P14516 is recorded as Q140084497[14].

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Classification

Great Desert Skink's scientific name is Liopholis kintorei[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Liopholis[6]. It is commonly known as it[12].

Distribution

Great Desert Skink is endemic to Australia[7].

Identifiers

Great Desert Skink's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 38622[15]. Great Desert Skink's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 261945[16]. Great Desert Skink's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5789597[17].

Why It Matters

Great Desert Skink ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original combination Egernia kintorei
    Parent taxon Liopholis
    Instance of taxon
    Taxon synonym Egernia kintorei
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14516]]: [[Q140084497]], Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
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