Liopholis whitii
White's Skink at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
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| Liopholis whitii | PatrickCampbell2 | 15 Mar 2025 | |
| Liopholis whitii | PatrickCampbell | 25 Mar 2022 |
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8 comments
8 Oct 2021
Difficult to see the detail needed to identify this skink . Most likely Eastern Striped Skink Ctenotus robustus. C. robustus tends to have a narrow horizontal pale stripe below eye which is hard to detect in this photo. It does however show the start of a narrow pale dorso-lateral stripe bordered below by a wider dark stripe and that is typical of C. robustus. The only other, I think less likely, candidate would be White's Skink Liopholis whitii. I'll give other moderators a chance to add any further comments or suggestions.
8 Oct 2021
I agree with Will, not much to go on here. Handy tip that might have helped, before you post an image, run it through a package to reduce shadows. I do that with just about every photograph I take. Body colours no visible here may just be seen that might have help us. With the thick set looking head it could be whitii but not certain.
9 Oct 2021
Before we mark this one as inconclusive Tammy, did you take any more photos of the same individual? If you did you could check if any of them show a little more of the lizard. If they do it would be good if you added another photo to your record. Thanks, Will
9 Oct 2021
Before we mark this one as inconclusive Tammy, did you take any more photos of the same individual? If you did you could check if any of them show a little more of the lizard. If they do it would be good if you added another photo to your record. Thanks, Will
9 Oct 2021
Hi Will, I have posted 2 more and tried to lighten them, but they're not much better.
25 Mar 2022
I reckon this is a White's Skink (Liopholis whitii) due to the predominantly pale gray colour of the head, pale supraciliary scales (upper eye-lid), and general stockiness/robust head. Whilst I agree there's not much to go on, at least the quaIity of the image gives us a good look at the little we do have.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.991098-35.728793
- Altitude 958.3m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Oct 2021 12:09 PM Recorded on
- Tammy Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- My flagged sightings Tammy NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Liopholis whitii Skinks Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Liopholis whitii Scientific name
- White's Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1468.5m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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- More than one media file
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