Shingleback
Tiliqua rugosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusTiliqua (Bluetongues)
- SpeciesTiliqua rugosa (Shingleback)
Closest Relatives at Grampians National Park
Blotched Bluetongue
Tiliqua nigrolutea
Common Bluetongue
Tiliqua scincoides
Cool-temperate Water Skink
Eulamprus tympanum
Black Crevice-skink
Egernia saxatilis
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
Lampropholis guichenoti
White's Rock-skink
Liopholis whitii
Southeastern Slider
Lerista bougainvillii
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink
Cryptoblepharus pannosus
Eastern Striped Skink
Ctenotus robustus
Trunk-climbing Cool-skink
Pseudemoia spenceri
Entrecasteaux's Skink
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
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 Grampians National Park?
About 74% of visitor-days record a Shingleback sighting in Grampians National Park, based on 252 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Shingleback in Grampians National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Shingleback in Grampians National Park in our monthly data.