Eulamprus tympanum
Southern Water Skink at Cotter River, ACT
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| Eulamprus tympanum | WillO | 22 Jun 2018 | |
| Eulamprus tympanum | PatrickCampbell | 21 Jun 2018 | |
| Eulamprus heatwolei | MatthewFrawley | 15 Mar 2018 |
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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
20 Jun 2018
A bit surprised this hasn't been identified in over 3 months. Is the photo inconclusive? I just want closure, haha.
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
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.
23 Jun 2018
Bushman somehow I missed seeing your suggestion. Now corrected and confirmed. WillO.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.908307-35.698168
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2018 02:48 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Eulamprus tympanum Skinks Reptiles and Frogs
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
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Synonyms
Eulamprus tympanum tympanum
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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