Egernia saxatilis

Black Rock Skink at Tennent, ACT

Egernia saxatilis at Tennent, ACT - 29 Mar 2016
Egernia saxatilis at Tennent, ACT - 29 Mar 2016
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Identification history

Egernia saxatilis 10 Apr 2016 wombey
Egernia cunninghami 8 Apr 2016 JohnBundock

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At 1325 metres elevation.

3 comments

   4 Oct 2016
John Wombey, this is very similar to the skink you said was a Cunningham Skink. Your thoughts?
wombey wrote:
   4 Oct 2016
This is a Black Rock Skink, nothing like the juvenile Cunningham in the last image. The shape of the head is very different.
   4 Oct 2016
Thanks John

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  • Egernia saxatilis Scientific name
  • Black Rock Skink Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1716m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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