Lampropholis guichenoti (Common Garden Skink)
Common name: Common Garden Skink. SVL 48mm; Total length 90mm
Common Garden Skink, also known as Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink, is in the genus commonly referred to as ground or sun skinks (Lampropholis) which contains fourteen species. Lampropholis belong to Eugongylus Group of skinks.
Common Garden Skink is names after French zoologist Antoine Alphone Guichenot (1809-76); several species commemorate his name. Despite its commonness it is one of the prettiest skinks of skinks with its blue flecked appearance. With a little patience it is easily recognisable.
Distribution: While once likely common and still numerous, this population numbers have likely seriously declined in Canberra region.
Lampropholis guichenoti is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Gippsland | Barwon South West
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Species information
- Lampropholis guichenoti Scientific name
- Common Garden Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1448.5m Recorded at altitude
- 178 images trained Machine learning
Location information
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Maps
Birrigai Black Flat at Corrowong Black Mountain Bobundara Nature Reserve Bondi State Forest Boro Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Bullen Range Callum Brae Canberra City Farm Cooma North Ridge Reserve Coornartha Nature Reserve Crace Grasslands Farrer Ridge Gibraltar Pines Gigerline Nature Reserve Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gossan Hill Goulburn Mulwaree Council Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kosciuszko National Park Lower Cotter Catchment Lower Molonglo Molonglo River Reserve Monga National Park Mongarlowe River Mount Gray Recreation Reserve, Goulburn Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mt Holland Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Nadjung Mada NR Namadgi National Park Swamp Creek Tallaganda State Forest Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wanniassa Hill West Goulburn Bushland Reserve Wright Park and Old Sydney Road Reserve -
Survey points
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Places
Ainslie, ACT Aranda, ACT Borough, NSW Braidwood, NSW Cooma, NSW Curtin, ACT Evatt, ACT Goulburn, NSW Kambah, ACT Pialligo, ACT Rendezvous Creek, ACT Stirling, ACT Tharwa, ACT
