Shingleback
Tiliqua rugosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusTiliqua (Bluetongues)
- SpeciesTiliqua rugosa (Shingleback)
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 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Shingleback in Flinders Ranges National Park?
About 48% of visitor-days record a Shingleback sighting in Flinders Ranges National Park, based on 39 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
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.