Egernia saxatilis

2 Black Rock Skink at Tennent, ACT

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Identification history

	Egernia saxatilis	30 Nov 2021	WillO
	Egernia saxatilis	30 Nov 2021	BrianH

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WillO wrote:

30 Nov 2021

A good record from the burnt rocky landscape along the square rock trail. Did you see other reptile species here?

BrianH wrote:

1 Dec 2021

G'day Will, we also saw a little dragon (Rankinia I think), another saxatilis and lots of skinks (Pseudemoia and maybe some Lampropholis. I'll put the dragon and the other saxatilis on CNM - didn't get photos of the others. Also another member of the group saw what she thought was a Cunningham's skink within about 500 m from the carpark. Much of the area around the Square Rock Trail was burnt in a low-intensity hazard reduction burn in April 2019, which probably moderated the severity of the Orroral fire in this area.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.908844 -35.521203
Altitude 1266.1m
Maps Namadgi National Park
Places Tennent, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
30 Nov 2021 01:25 PM Recorded on
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Reptiles and Frogs Skinks BrianH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Egernia saxatilis Scientific name
Black Rock Skink Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1716m Recorded at altitude
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