Reptiles and Frogs
Skinks
Sighting 3387109

Inconclusive sighting

Can you identify this sighting?

Unidentified at suppressed - suppressed
Unidentified at suppressed - suppressed
Request use of media

Identification history

Comments from moderator

see comments below
Insufficient or inconclusive evidence 25 May 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 12 Dec 2017 Deanoe

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

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.

4 comments

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.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Sighting information

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
  • Additional attributes
800,863 sightings of 21,627 species from 13,526 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.