Carlia tetradactyla

1 Southern Rainbow Skink at Kambah, ACT

Carlia tetradactyla at Kambah, ACT - 9 Sep 2017
Carlia tetradactyla at Kambah, ACT - 9 Sep 2017
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Carlia tetradactyla 9 Sep 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 9 Sep 2017 KShort

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MichaelMulvaney noted:

9 Sep 2017

This is an uncommon sighting in the ACT region

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WillO wrote:
   10 Sep 2017
This is a great record - it is Carlia tetradactyla (Southern Rainbow Skink). This might be the first record from Urambi Hills. I will check my records and let you know.
   10 Sep 2017
This is one I recorded from very close to Urambi Hills. Not technically within the nature reserve but very close, just on the other side of Tuggeranong Creek, closer to the town centre, so within Greenway.

http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3374250
   10 Sep 2017
Wil this is the second Canberra Nature Map record from the Greenway area, but including all records from the ACT Wildlief Atlas this is only the 37th ACT record - so an uncommon find
WillO wrote:
   11 Sep 2017
That is more records than i would have guessed! That western part of Canberra (Urambi, Taylor Cooleman etc) and the MRC corridor seems to be the stronghold for this species but your records may show otherwise.
   11 Sep 2017
Wil all ACT Wildlife Atlas records have been entered into Canberra Nature Map. You can see and interrogate this data by clicking on the Carlia tetradactyla name under identification history and then click on the view species distribution box on the right above the large photo. You can view records by clicking on them and you can use focus symbols to go in and out. Your comments re the ACT stronghold area are spot on.
KShort wrote:
   18 Sep 2017
Wow! Glad to have helped.

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