Woodland Tussock-skink at Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Identification history
| Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii | 25 Apr 2018 | WillO | ||
| Morethia boulengeri | 25 Apr 2018 | KShort |
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WillO
wrote:
26 Apr 2018
This is the alpine form of Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii. As soon as you get above the treeline the normally plain brown colour pattern switches over a short distance (tens of metres) to this strongly striped form (not to be confused with P. pagenstecheri). It lacks some of the additional pale stripes on the back that are found in P. pagenstecheri. They look very different but a genetic study by Mark Hutchinson and Stephen Donellan indicated they were the same species. WillO.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.325849-36.435501
- Altitude 1948.2m
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Survey points Charlotte Pass - Kosciuszko NP
- Places Kosciuszko National Park, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Apr 2018 01:22 PM Recorded on
- KShort Recorded by
Species information
- Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii Scientific name
- Woodland Tussock-skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1996.1m Recorded at altitude
- 213 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Leilopisma entrecasteauxii
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