1 Delicate Skink at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Lampropholis delicata | 17 Oct 2021 | WillO | ||
| Lampropholis delicata | 17 Oct 2021 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
Was basking on wood next to the fireplace in the lounge room, have suggested Delicate Skink as this is what I've had at my house before, but I can't tell the difference between that and the Common Garden Skink.
2 comments
WillO
wrote:
17 Oct 2021
Just a comment on how to separate the two species (L. delicata and L. guichenoti). The main way to separate them in the ACT and nearby parts of NSW is the presence of a dark mid-vertebral stripe in guichenoti (absent in delicata). In addition L. guichenoti has scattered dark and pale coloured flecks on back - the flecks are larger and more prominent than the tiny dark flecks found on the back of L. delicata. Identification guides also note that L. delicata has a head the same greyish colour as the back whereas L. guichenoti has a conspicuously bronze coloured head compared to the grey back. However I don't think this last id point is reliable and your photo of L. delicata is a case in point - grey body and a partially bronze head.
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
17 Oct 2021
Thanks for those notes Will, very helpful and now I'll be able to have a better attempt at identifying L. delicata and L. guichenoti.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075876-35.384326
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Oct 2021 02:14 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Reptiles and Frogs Skinks MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Lampropholis delicata Scientific name
- Delicate Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1377m Recorded at altitude
- 383 images trained Machine learning
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