Lampropholis guichenoti
2 Common Garden Skink at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Lampropholis guichenoti | wombey | 30 Apr 2020 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 28 Apr 2020 |
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Loved the iridescence, and the pale speckled throat - we assume it has just shed?
6 comments
28 Apr 2020
I'm not sure what this is, it looks like a Lygisaurus but a long way south if it is. It would have been handy to know if it had four fingers or not. I would be keen to hear Will's views on this one.
28 Apr 2020
I have a number of other photos if that's helpful - pretty similar to what has been posted, though.
28 Apr 2020
I've just put up another sighting with four photos - five toes and four fingers (I think)? #4258053
29 Apr 2020
Thanks for putting up the extra photos. I must say I agree with John that this is a somewhat odd looking skink - seems to have a slightly pointy look to head. I went though quite a few more P. entrecasteauxii photos that i have and you do see that look in them from certain angles. I am happy with the ID being P. entrecasteauxii. A lot of this would be resolved with clearer photos. Do you know why your phone camera is continuing to take blurry photos? I hope it is not just my computer seeing them that way! You will get better at this so keep those records coming in from that good regional site you have been visiting. You never know what might turn up.
29 Apr 2020
Thank you for your encouragement, and your time. I'm not using a phone camera. I've had a look at the photos on the CNM, and my photos, and there is a difference in sharpness and clarity. For example, in the original of the first photo, I can clearly see a wart under the eye, and the scaling is very clear. In other photos some of the sharpness is lost because I crop the photos.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.961666-35.409409
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Apr 2020 01:16 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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- My flagged sightings LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Lampropholis guichenoti Skinks Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Lampropholis guichenoti Scientific name
- Common Garden Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1448.5m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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