Egernia

Translingual

Proper noun

Egernia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scincidae – various skinks found in Australia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Scincidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Egernia cunninghami (Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink) – type species; Egernia cygnitos (western Pilbara spiny-tailed skink), Egernia depressa (pygmy spiny-tailed skink), Egernia douglasi (Kimberley crevice skink), Egernia eos (central pygmy spiny-tailed skink), Egernia epsisolus (eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink), Egernia formosa (Goldfield's crevice skink), Egernia hosmeri (Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink), Egernia kingii (King's skink), Egernia mcpheei (eastern crevice skink, McPhee's egernia), Egernia napoleonis (southwestern crevice skink), Egernia pilbarensis (Pilbara crevice skink), Egernia richardi (bright crevice skink, dark spiny-tailed skink), Egernia roomi, Egernia rugosa (Yakka skink), Egernia saxatilis (black crevice skink, black rock skink), Egernia stokesii (Stokes's skink, gidgee skink, gidgee spiny-tailed skink), Egernia striolata (tree crevice skink, tree skink) – other species

Further reading

• Egernia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Egernia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Egernia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons