Eulamprus tympanum

Southern Water Skink at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Eulamprus tympanum	15 Feb 2016	wombey
	Eulamprus tympanum	14 Feb 2016	KenT

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GeoffRobertson wrote:

15 Feb 2016

I assume these are all photos of a single animal. It is amazing how different photos of the same animal result in such a variation.

KenT wrote:

15 Feb 2016

Ah yes, should have mentioned each image is likely to be of a different individual. It got a bit hard to keep track of them as they were chasing each other around a bit. I hadn't set the time on the camera correctly but they were recorded early in the morning, so I had wondered if the colour variation was down to the individuals wanting to warm up to being hot enough?

wombey wrote:

15 Feb 2016

In two of these images you can clearly see the pale anterior edge to the ear opening which confirms tympanum. A clear side shot of the head is a great help here.

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4 - 15 Abundance
3 Feb 2016 12:00 PM Recorded on
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KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Skinks Reptiles and Frogs

Species information

Eulamprus tympanum Scientific name
Southern Water Skink Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1897.44m Recorded at altitude
75 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Eulamprus tympanum tympanum

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Eulamprus tympanum

Southern Water Skink at Paddys River, ACT

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