Southern Water Skink at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Eulamprus tympanum | 1 Apr 2023 | WillO | ||
| Unidentified | 31 Mar 2023 | JohnBundock |
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2 comments
wombey
wrote:
31 Mar 2023
Well it looks most like Eulamprus heatwolei, but an odd one and worth hearing Will's view before final id.
WillO
wrote:
1 Apr 2023
Yes JW, somewhat unusual colour. This one is E. tympanum - helped by the location at Mt Ginini well above the upper elevation that E. heatwolei reaches. I will go ahead and confirm.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.772467-35.530305
- Altitude 1693.6m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 31 Mar 2023 12:03 PM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
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Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Eulamprus tympanum Scientific name
- Southern Water Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1897.44m Recorded at altitude
- 75 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Eulamprus tympanum tympanum
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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