Southern Water Skink at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Eulamprus tympanum | 15 Feb 2016 | wombey | ||
| Eulamprus tympanum | 14 Feb 2016 | KenT |
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3 comments
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.929472-35.508833
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 3 Feb 2016 12:00 PM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
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Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Skinks KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
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
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Synonyms
Eulamprus tympanum tympanum
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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