Mid-sized to large skinks (adult snout-vent length 100–240 mm) with a bulky, usually somewhat flattened body and small eyes.
24–46 rows of midbody scales; dorsal scales smooth, ridged, keeled or spiny (the tail is often notably spiny).
The nasal scale has a postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is incomplete.
Eyelids similar in colour to the adjacent scales.

Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) – Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink
Egernia cygnitos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Western Pilbara spiny-tailed skink
Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875) – pygmy spiny-tailed skink
Egernia douglasi Glauert, 1956 – Kimberley crevice-skink
Egernia eos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – central pygmy spiny-tailed skink
Egernia epsisolus Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink
Egernia formosa Fry, 1914 – Goldfield's crevice-skink
† Egernia gillespieae K. Thorn et al.,
2019
Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955 – Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink
Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838) – King's skink
Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington, 1984 – eastern crevice-skink, McPhee's egernia
Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838) – southwestern crevice-skink
Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 – Pilbara crevice-skink
Egernia richardi (W. Peters, 1869) – bright crevice-skink, dark spiny-tailed skink
Egernia roomi Wells and Wellington, 1985
Egernia rugosa De Vis, 1888 – Yakka skink
Egernia saxatilis Cogger, 1960 – Black rock skink, black crevice-skink
Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) – gidgee spiny-tailed skink, gidgee skink, Stokes's skink
Egernia striolata (W. Peters, 1870) – tree crevice-skink, "tree skink"
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Egernia.
Mid-sized to large skinks (adult snout-vent length 100–240 mm) with a bulky, usually somewhat flattened body and small eyes. 24–46 rows of midbody scales; dorsal scales smooth, ridged, keeled or spiny (the tail is often notably spiny). The nasal scale has a postnarial groove; the subocular scale row is incomplete. Eyelids similar in colour to the adjacent scales.
Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) – Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink
Egernia cygnitos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Western Pilbara spiny-tailed skink
Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875) – pygmy spiny-tailed skink
Egernia douglasi Glauert, 1956 – Kimberley crevice-skink
Egernia eos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – central pygmy spiny-tailed skink
Egernia epsisolus Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink
Egernia formosa Fry, 1914 – Goldfield's crevice-skink
† Egernia gillespieae K. Thorn et al., 2019
Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955 – Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink
Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838) – King's skink
Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington, 1984 – eastern crevice-skink, McPhee's egernia
Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838) – southwestern crevice-skink
Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 – Pilbara crevice-skink
Egernia richardi (W. Peters, 1869) – bright crevice-skink, dark spiny-tailed skink
Egernia roomi Wells and Wellington, 1985
Egernia rugosa De Vis, 1888 – Yakka skink
Egernia saxatilis Cogger, 1960 – Black rock skink, black crevice-skink
Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) – gidgee spiny-tailed skink, gidgee skink, Stokes's skink
Egernia striolata (W. Peters, 1870) – tree crevice-skink, "tree skink"
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Egernia.
Egernia