Egernia cunninghami

Cunningham's Skink at Watson, ACT

Egernia cunninghami at Watson, ACT - 20 Feb 2023
Egernia cunninghami at Watson, ACT - 20 Feb 2023
Egernia cunninghami at Watson, ACT - 20 Feb 2023
Egernia cunninghami at Watson, ACT - 20 Feb 2023
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Identification history

Egernia cunninghami 20 Feb 2023 WillO
Egernia cunninghami 20 Feb 2023 CarbonAI
Egernia cunninghami 20 Feb 2023 MAX

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User's notes

Very Active dark coloured skink with distinct white blotches, around 30 long total, accidentally disturbed when clearing away stored FOMM tools. I have not seen this species at this location before. Cunningham's Skink ? ID.

10 comments

MAX wrote:
   20 Feb 2023
Following Feedback from Waltraud, Please HIDE this LOCATION, due to a perceived POACHING Threat. Thanks, Max.
MAX wrote:
   20 Feb 2023
Currently I can NOT Edit Location information to HIDE it ?
MAX wrote:
   20 Feb 2023
I also want to edit my ORIGINAL comment above to REMOVE it from the Public comments trail... Also can NOT do this ? Please assist CNM Administrators, NOT very satisfactory that I can NOT edit my own sighting notes ?
AlisonMilton wrote:
   20 Feb 2023
Why do you want to hide the location? To my knowledge it is not a threatened species and has been found on Mount Majura before. However, you can supress a location if you want. Just open the sighting, select Edit and under the map there is a checkbox that says Supress the location of this sighting from public view.
MAX wrote:
   20 Feb 2023
Good Eve, Ms Alison, Thanks for your Feedback. Unfortunately I have had information passed onto me recently about Possible Poaching activity in the Mt Majura Nature Park. I have already Tried to edit my settings to Suppress the Location, but the CNM App / Website will NOT let me ? Perhaps you can do this on my behalf.? Regards.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   21 Feb 2023
Hi Max, I'm not a Moderator for skinks so can't do this. If you have access to a computer rather than using the phone app you should be able to do this yourself.
waltraud wrote:
   21 Feb 2023
I suppressed the location.
I confirm that poaching occurred in the Mt Majura nature reserve and was reported to the Police. This was years ago but we are super-careful to reveal locations of territorial animals such as Cs, particularly when the location has been targeted for stealing items repeatedly and as recently as about a month ago. Otherwise, I wouldn't suggest suppressing the location.
waltraud wrote:
   21 Feb 2023
Max as the owner of the record you can suppress the location. Since i do all my CNM stuff on the computer I wouldn't know how it works with the app.
MAX wrote:
   5 Mar 2023
I can only suppress the Location when First recording a sighting. Subsequently I can NOT edit the Location myself, nor the Original Comment for the sighting, which I request to be moved to the Non Publically visible stream please. Thanks so much 🤗
abread111 wrote:
   5 Mar 2023
Max the location is now suppressed. Waltraud did that for you on 21 Feb. Barb

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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 20 Feb 2023 12:47 PM Recorded on
  • MAX Recorded by

Species information

  • Egernia cunninghami Scientific name
  • Cunningham's Skink Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1423.8m Recorded at altitude
  • 314 images trained Machine learning

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