Shingleback
Tiliqua rugosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusTiliqua (Bluetongues)
- SpeciesTiliqua rugosa (Shingleback)
Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback skink, shingleback lizard, bobtail lizard, and the two-headed skink (often simply shingleback or bobtail); is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua) endemic to Australia. Three of its four recognised subspecies are found in Western Australia, where the bobtail name is most frequently used. The fourth subspecies, T. rugosa asper, is the only one native to eastern Australia, where it goes by the common name of the eastern shingleback. Apart from bobtail and shingleback, a variety of other common names are used in different states, including two-headed skink, stumpy lizard, stumpy-tailed lizard, pinecone lizard, bogeye or boggi, and less commonly: sleepy lizard. The Noongar Aboriginal people refer to T. rugosa as yoorn in their language. T. rugosa has a short, wide, stumpy tail that resembles its head and may serve the purpose of confusing predators. Wikipedia →
40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Shingleback sighting in Flinders Ranges National Park, based on 39 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Flinders Ranges National Park
Common Bluetongue
Tiliqua scincoides
Flinder's Ranges Rock-skink
Liopholis personata
Tree Skink
Egernia striolata
Boulenger's Snake-eyed Skink
Morethia boulengeri
Gidgee Skink
Egernia stokesii
Eastern Striped Skink
Ctenotus robustus
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus pannosus
Broad Banded Sand Swimmer
Eremiascincus richardsonii
Common Dwarf Skink
Menetia greyii
Shiny-palmed Shining-skink
Cryptoblepharus australis
Oriental Ctenotus
Ctenotus orientalis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Shingleback in Flinders Ranges National Park?
About 48% of wildlife watchers report a Shingleback sighting in Flinders Ranges National Park, based on 39 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Shingleback in Flinders Ranges National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Shingleback in Flinders Ranges National Park in our monthly data.