Pseudemoia spenceri
Spencer's Skink at Mount Clear, ACT
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| Pseudemoia spenceri | WillO | 17 Dec 2021 |
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7 comments
16 Dec 2021
Thanks for submitting the photo Brian. This appears to L. guichenoti. Have you got other photos of the same individual?
17 Dec 2021
Will, I am struggling to call this guichenoti, it seems a bit depressed in profile. I am leaning towards spenceri based on no better options and given the less than ideal images
17 Dec 2021
Will, note the pale laterodorsal striping apparent in the second image.
I am confident this is spenceri.
I am confident this is spenceri.
17 Dec 2021
It's hard to get a sense of scale from the photos, but from memory it was bigger than any Lampropholis I have seen
17 Dec 2021
Yes John and Brian, I agree totally - sorry about that muck up. I had noticed the depressed body form flattened head but was surprised by the very definite white lower lateral stripe and didnt think that spenceri had such marked lower lateral stripes. I have now checked the literature and they certainly do! I will change the id.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.910156-35.772464
- Altitude 1708.4m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2021 12:32 PM Recorded on
- BrianH Recorded by
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Species information
- Pseudemoia spenceri Scientific name
- Spencer's Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1853.4m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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