Morethia boulengeri
1 Boulenger's Skink at Hughes, ACT
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| Morethia boulengeri | WillO | 15 Nov 2020 | |
| Morethia boulengeri | Tapirlord | 15 Nov 2020 |
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2 comments
16 Nov 2020
Great to see skinks being sighted in HGW despite the woodland being repeatedly burned for various reasons over many years since 1960. HGW was started in 2003 and in 2013, the Hughes Garran Woodland Management was prepared to limit burning (just google it). Well worth a read!
17 Nov 2020
Yes that is good to know. Small ground layer reptiles generally don't survive very well in areas subjected to regular burning. The leaf litter they forage in, and find shelter in, has been removed, and so often the piles of bark, branches, and hollow logs that they depend upon also disappear. The individual you photographed is a male with his bold white stripes and red throat.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.096793-35.338764
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Nov 2020 07:42 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
- Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
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Species information
- Morethia boulengeri Scientific name
- Boulenger's Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 822.55m Recorded at altitude
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