Reptiles and Frogs
Skinks
Sighting 3387109

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Insufficient or inconclusive evidence 25 May 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 12 Dec 2017 Deanoe

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Probably a Robust Striped skink as I aw a couple of more easily identifiable specimens at the same location a week or so later. Not sure because its tail seems very long in proportion to its body size.

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GeoffRobertson wrote:
   13 Dec 2017
Likely Yellow-bellied water skink. Was it near water?
Deanoe wrote:
   13 Dec 2017
I don’t think it’s a water skink. The body is too slender and the tail too long for its length. Also it doesn’t have the typical black colouration along its sides. Water skinks were very common where I used to live in Sydney and I’m pretty sure I could identify one fairly easily.
GeoffRobertson wrote:
   13 Dec 2017
From image it is difficult to say.
wombey wrote:
   13 Dec 2017
Yes I agree, it is most likely Ctenotus probably robustus but they are all a bit difficult to id with an image lacking any useful detail.

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