1 MacCoy's Skink at Harolds Cross, NSW
Identification history
| Anepischetosia mccooyi | 15 Jan 2022 | WillO | ||
| Unverified | 15 Jan 2022 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Skink about 6-7cm
2 comments
WillO
wrote:
15 Jan 2022
Good record - thanks for reporting it on CNM. This small skink is a thigmotherm ( does not bask in sunshine and uses the temperature of the substrate to enable it to be active). It lives in the leaf litter layer and under rotting logs .
trevorpreston
wrote:
15 Jan 2022
Thanks for that WillO. A lucky find, and in exactly the environment you've suggested: in leaf litter under a rotting log. I had no idea these were so rarely seen until I looked in CNM and discovered so few sightings!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.502464-35.595029
- Altitude 1247.0m
- Maps Tallaganda State Forest
- Places Harolds Cross, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2022 10:18 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Skinks trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anepischetosia maccoyi
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Anepischetosia maccoyi Scientific name
- MacCoy's Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1292.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nannoscincus maccoyi
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