Lampropholis delicata

Delicate Skink at Paddys River, ACT

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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.

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.

RodDeb wrote:

14 Mar 2018

Thanks for that.

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