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Tiliqua scincoides  (White, 1790)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1182843

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Common Bluetongue [English]
 
    Eastern Bluetongue [English]
 
    Northern Bluetongue [English]
 
    Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEgerniinae   
                                     GenusTiliqua Gray, 1825  
                                        SpeciesTiliqua scincoides (White, 1790) – Common Bluetongue, Eastern Bluetongue, Northern Bluetongue, Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Tiliqua scincoides chimaerea Shea, 2000  
                                           Subspecies Tiliqua scincoides intermedia Mitchell, 1955 – Northern Bluetongue 
                                           Subspecies Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (White, 1790) – Eastern Bluetongue, Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Tiliqua scincoides    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Tiliqua scincoides   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
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