Eulamprus tympanum

Southern Water Skink at Cotter River, ACT

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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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Eulamprus tympanum Scientific name
Southern Water Skink Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 1897.44m Recorded at altitude
71 images trained Machine learning
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Eulamprus tympanum tympanum

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