Southern Rainbow Skink at Chifley, ACT
Identification history
| Carlia tetradactyla | 22 Dec 2017 | WillO | ||
| Unverified | 21 Dec 2017 | Deanoe |
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4 comments
WillO
wrote:
22 Dec 2017
This is the first record of Carlia tetradactyla that i know of from Mt Taylor (I still need to check the CNM records but don't remember seeing this species listed for Mt Taylor). If that is the case, then this provides an addition to the known reptile list for Mt Taylor.
Deanoe
wrote:
23 Dec 2017
I have now observed three and possibly four skink species in a very small area around a granite outcrop on the north eastern base of Mount Taylor. Interesting they should all be so close together.
GeoffRobertson
wrote:
23 Dec 2017
This is not unusual. On our former property near Nimmitabel we have 30 species of herpetofauna. However, with so much land being managed in a way hostile to reptiles good habitat is becoming rarer and rarer.
Deanoe
wrote:
8 Feb 2018
I have since seen a couple more within fifty metres or so of this sighting but unfortunately have been unable to photograph them.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.071083-35.370015
- Maps Mount Taylor
- Places Chifley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2017 07:51 PM Recorded on
- Deanoe Recorded by
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Collections
Deanoe Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Carlia tetradactyla Skinks Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Carlia tetradactyla Scientific name
- Southern Rainbow Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 804.2m Recorded at altitude
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
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