Ctenotus taeniolatus (Copper-tailed Skink)
Common name: Copper-tailed Skink. SVL: 80mm.
Copper-tailed Skink is one of 103 species of striped-skink (Ctenotus) in Australia. Striped-skinks are also called ‘comb-eared skinks' because of the row of small scales on the anterior edge of their ears, or simply Ctenotus. Striped-skinks belongs to the Sphenomorphus Group of skinks. There are three species of striped-skinks in the Canberra region.
Copper-tailed Skink has a striking pattern with a series of black (sometimes brown) and white stripes, and an obvious copper tail.
Distribution: Likely common in grasslands and woodlands.
Ctenotus taeniolatus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney
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Species information
- Ctenotus taeniolatus Scientific name
- Copper-tailed Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 999.9m Recorded at altitude
- 123 images trained Machine learning
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Maps
Aaron Test Map Aarons Farm Aarons Test Map ANBG Aranda Bushland Black Mountain Block 402 Boro Bullen Range Connolly Street Reserve Cotter Reserve Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Farrer Ridge Gigerline Nature Reserve Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Jerrabomberra Creek Kambah Pool Lower Molonglo Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre McQuoids Hill Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Taylor Namadgi National Park Piney Ridge QPRC LGA Stony Creek Swamp Creek The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Pines Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wanniassa Hill West Stromlo Woodstock Nature Reserve -
Survey points
Mt Majura Mini Summit Point 5832 -
Places
Acton, ACT Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Booth, ACT Borough, NSW Brindabella, NSW Bungendore, NSW Burra, NSW Canberra Central, ACT Carwoola, NSW Coree, ACT Denman Prospect, ACT Dunlop, ACT Googong, NSW Hackett, ACT Holt, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kambah, ACT Kowen, ACT Lake George, NSW Majura, ACT Oaks Estate, ACT Oallen, NSW O'Connor, ACT Paddys River, ACT Rendezvous Creek, ACT Strathnairn, ACT Stromlo, ACT Sutton, NSW Symonston, ACT Tennent, ACT Tharwa, ACT Theodore, ACT Tralee, NSW Tuggeranong DC, ACT Weetangera, ACT Whitlam, ACT Yarrow, NSW
