Ctenotus robustus

Robust Striped-skink at Conder, ACT

Ctenotus robustus at Conder, ACT - 12 Apr 2003
Ctenotus robustus at Conder, ACT - 12 Apr 2003
Ctenotus robustus at Conder, ACT - 12 Apr 2003
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Ctenotus robustus 31 Oct 2019 wombey
Unidentified 31 Oct 2019 michaelb

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In Tuggeranong Hill Reserve, in the woodland near the Conder Ponds.

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michaelb wrote:
   31 Oct 2019
This skink was ID'd by Geoff Robertson as Ctenotus uber (Spotted Ctenotus) who said it was rare. This species is not on our books. Photos by Margaret Ning. The fingers are Geoff's. It was at a working bee at Conder 4A.
wombey wrote:
   31 Oct 2019
This is an immature C. robustus. C. uber orientalis was the local subspecies that is now split into uber in the west and orientalis in the east. Hence the reason uber was occasionally used here. We all called them uber when we first discovered them in the ACT. The diagnostic feature of orientalis is the spots in the brown paravertebral zone either side of the vertebral stripe, not present here.
   1 Nov 2019
Dear both, Sorry if I mislead you MB. I cannot recall calling it uber and if I did I was definitely wrong. AS JB states the the diagnostic feature of orientalis (and I assume uber) is the spots in the brown paravertebral zone either side of the vertebral stripe, not present here. No spots means it is robustus. I have never seen anything but robustus.Good to know the distinction between umber and orientalis..
michaelb wrote:
   2 Nov 2019
I wrote the name down. That was the day we repaired the damage by the authorities who put a grader through parts of Conder 4A in the aftermath of the 2003 bushfires. Your help was appreciated.
   2 Nov 2019
thanks Michael.

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 12 Apr 2003 12:00 AM Recorded on
  • michaelb Recorded by

Species information

  • Ctenotus robustus Scientific name
  • Robust Striped-skink Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 809.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 124 images trained Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Ctenotus spaldingi

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