Lampropholis delicata

Delicate Skink

Common name: Delicate Skink. SVL: 40mm

Delicate Skink is in the genus commonly referred to as ground or sun skinks (Lampropholis) which contains fourteen species. Lampropholis belong to Eugongylus Group of skinks.

Delicate Skink is a highly variable skink in appearance and in some regions is not unlike the Common Garden Skink in appearance. However in Canberra region it is almost a uniform colour. Careful inspection will reveal a faint white dorsal-lateral and a lower lateral stripe.

Distribution: While once likely common and still numerous, this population numbers have likely seriously declined in Canberra region.

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Species information

• Lampropholis delicata Scientific name
• Delicate Skink Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local Native
• Non-Invasive
• 0m to 1377m Recorded at altitude

Location information

• Maps

  ANBG Aranda Bushland Black Mountain Bluetts Block Area Brindabella National Park Bruce Ponds Bruce Ridge Budjan Galindji (formerly Franklin Grassland) Reserve Bullen Range Callum Brae Cooleman Ridge Cotter Reserve Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Emu Creek Farrer Ridge Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Gibraltar Pines Gigerline Nature Reserve Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo Gossan Hill Griffith Woodland Gungaderra Grasslands Hughes Garran Woodland Hughes Grassy Woodland Illilanga & Baroona Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kama Lake Ginninderra Lower Cotter Catchment Lower Molonglo Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mount Pleasant Mount Taylor Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Namadgi National Park National Arboretum Forests National Zoo and Aquarium Piney Ridge Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Red Hill Nature Reserve Rob Roy Range Stirling Park Stony Creek Tharwa Bridge The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Hill University of Canberra Urambi Hills Wanniassa Hill West Belconnen Pond Woodstock Nature Reserve Yarramundi Grassland

• Places

  Acton, ACT Aranda, ACT Belconnen, ACT Brindabella, NSW Bruce, ACT Burra, NSW Canberra Central, ACT Carwoola, NSW Conder, ACT Cook, ACT Cotter River, ACT Deakin, ACT Downer, ACT Dunlop, ACT Fadden, ACT Flynn, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Garran, ACT Googong, NSW Gowrie, ACT Griffith, ACT Gungahlin, ACT Hackett, ACT Hall, ACT Hawker, ACT Higgins, ACT Holt, ACT Hughes, ACT Hume, ACT Isaacs, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kambah, ACT Lyneham, ACT Macarthur, ACT Macgregor, ACT Majura, ACT Mayfield, NSW McKellar, ACT Melba, ACT Michelago, NSW Molonglo Valley, ACT Monash, ACT Mongarlowe, NSW Narrabundah, ACT Oallen, NSW O'Connor, ACT O'Malley, ACT Paddys River, ACT Queanbeyan, NSW Rendezvous Creek, ACT Spence, ACT Stromlo, ACT Symonston, ACT Tennent, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Turner, ACT Uriarra Village, ACT Uriarra, NSW Wamboin, NSW Wanniassa, ACT Watson, ACT Winifred, NSW Yarralumla, ACT Yarrow, NSW

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