Delicate Skink at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Lampropholis delicata | 12 Mar 2018 | GeoffRobertson | ||
| Lampropholis delicata | 11 Mar 2018 | wombey | ||
| Carlia tetradactyla | 11 Mar 2018 | RodDeb |
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8 comments
WillO
wrote:
12 Mar 2018
I cannot id this very young skink - it most likely is L. guichenoti but may be P. entrecasteauxii. Note that Carlia is found in the lowland areas of the ACT. WillO
wombey
wrote:
12 Mar 2018
i agree, juveniles are difficult even in the hand. This individual appears to have five fingers so can't be Carlia who all have four.
GeoffRobertson
wrote:
12 Mar 2018
When I saw it I thought it was a delicate skink. Let's go with that.
WillO
wrote:
13 Mar 2018
Oh I got the localisty wrong. I thought it was a Namadgi Location (Gibraltar Creek). Rule out the Pseudemoia possibility but yes might be one of the two Lampropholis. WillO.
RodDeb
wrote:
13 Mar 2018
The photo of the Skink was at Gibraltar Falls near the car park lawned area.The front hands only have four fingers, the mark under the left of the right hand is on the wood not an extra finger.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
wombey
wrote:
13 Mar 2018
These skinks can lose digits with gay abandon so the presence of only four digits without a closer look can be misleading. Notwithstanding that, this animal looks more like delicata than Carlia tetradactyla. Juveniles can be hard to id but I still feel the same as Will at this stage. I'm not sure I have ever seen a juvenile Carlia so I am prepared to stand corrected if anyone has more to add on this.
WillO
wrote:
13 Mar 2018
I have seen a couple of juvenile Carlia tetradactyla and from memory they have more markings and spots on their back. See also photo at http://hvbackyard.blogspot.com.au/2007/04/17-cute-little-skinks.html (scroll down to third photo).
The smallest fingers on little skinks can be hard to see if they are partially out of sight. I still think that this could be either L. guichenoti or delicata. However Geoff states that he saw it at the time it was photographed and thought it was L. delicata.
The smallest fingers on little skinks can be hard to see if they are partially out of sight. I still think that this could be either L. guichenoti or delicata. However Geoff states that he saw it at the time it was photographed and thought it was L. delicata.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.934019-35.487900
- Altitude 873.9m
- Maps Gibraltar Pines
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2018 11:33 AM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lampropholis delicata Skinks Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- 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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