Reptiles and Frogs
Skinks
Sighting 3393011

Eulamprus tympanum

Southern Water Skink at Cotter River, ACT

Eulamprus tympanum at Cotter River, ACT - 12 Mar 2018
Eulamprus tympanum at Cotter River, ACT - 12 Mar 2018
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Identification history

Eulamprus tympanum 22 Jun 2018 WillO
Eulamprus tympanum 21 Jun 2018 PatrickCampbell
Eulamprus heatwolei 15 Mar 2018 MatthewFrawley

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Near the start of Middle Creek, not far from where I filled my bottle and enjoyed the revitalising goodness of that water.

8 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:
   18 Apr 2018
Does this photo provide enough for a positive ID?
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   20 Jun 2018
A bit surprised this hasn't been identified in over 3 months. Is the photo inconclusive? I just want closure, haha.
WillO wrote:
   22 Jun 2018
Sorry Mathew, we must have missed seeing this one. Notice the pale front edge to the ear opening and lack of pale golden "stripe" above eye along the outer edge of the head. For this reason (and the high elevation of the site) I am confident it is E. tympanum. A good record. WillO
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   22 Jun 2018
Thanks Will, appreciate the extra information about the identification.
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   22 Jun 2018
Thanks Bushman, good call. You did correctly ID this one first, so well done there. I am still a novice with skinks so made a bit of a guess.
PatrickCampbell wrote:
   22 Jun 2018
Thanks Matthew.
WillO wrote:
   23 Jun 2018
Bushman somehow I missed seeing your suggestion. Now corrected and confirmed. WillO.
PatrickCampbell wrote:
   23 Jun 2018
OK, no worries WillO. Thanks for doing that.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • Unknown Gender

Species information

  • Eulamprus tympanum Scientific name
  • Southern Water Skink Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1897.44m Recorded at altitude
  • 75 images trained Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Eulamprus tympanum tympanum

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