Data from: Lineage diversity within a widespread endemic Australian skink to better inform conservation in response to regional-scale disturbance

<p>This dataset was used to examine the phylogeographic genetic structure of Eastern three lined skink<em> Bassiana duperreyi</em>. It comprises  SNP data used for population genetics and phylogenetic reconstruction. The data were used to provide foundational work for the detailed taxonomic re-evaluation of this species complex and to reinforce the need for biodiversity assessment to include an examination of cryptic species and/or cryptic diversity below the level of species. Such information on lineage diversity within species and its distribution in the context of disturbance at a regional scale can be factored into conservation planning regardless of whether a decision is made to formally diagnose new species taxonomically and nomenclaturally.</p>