Egernia cunninghami

Cunningham's Skink at Dunlop, ACT

Egernia cunninghami at Dunlop, ACT - 13 Dec 2015
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Egernia cunninghami 6 Oct 2016 wombey
Tiliqua rugosa 14 Dec 2015 GeoffRobertson
Egernia cunninghami 13 Dec 2015 NathanaelC

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NathanaelC wrote:
   14 Dec 2015
Had a long tapered tail, definitely not a Shingleback.
NathanaelC wrote:
   14 Dec 2015
I know my photo isn't conclusive for identification, although every time I've found reptiles in a granite crevice they've been Cunningham's ... other lizards have different habitat preferences. This is a photo of a Cunningham's that shows texture for comparison. Shinglebacks are far more "knobbly" http://davidcook.com.au/images/images_frogs_reptiles/cunningham's_skink.jpg
   14 Dec 2015
Nathaneal, the scales and colour are definitely not those of a Cunningham but are definitely consistent with local shingleback. All I can say is that you could not have seen a long tapering tail. Possibly its back leg may have looked like a tail. Geoff
wombey wrote:
   6 Oct 2016
Geoff, This definitely a Shingleback. Forget the colour, look at the long spiky tail!
wombey wrote:
   6 Oct 2016
Sorry, I mean Cunningham Skink

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