Lampropholis delicata

Delicate Skink at Higgins, ACT

Lampropholis delicata at Higgins, ACT - 1 Aug 2017
Lampropholis delicata at Higgins, ACT - 1 Aug 2017
Lampropholis delicata at Higgins, ACT - 1 Aug 2017
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Identification history

Lampropholis delicata 4 Aug 2017 GeoffRobertson
Lampropholis delicata 4 Aug 2017 GeoffRobertson
Lampropholis guichenoti 1 Aug 2017 AlisonMilton

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User's notes

One large and two quite a bit smaller. Hiding under my dog's bedding against the back of the house. A few days earlier there was also one that had shed its tail.

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WillO wrote:
   2 Aug 2017
This is Lampropholis delicata. Good close up photograph.

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  • Lampropholis delicata Scientific name
  • Delicate Skink Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1377m Recorded at altitude
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