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Lampropholis guichenoti
We have thousands of skinks of several types in our back yard but I have never found one with a trifurcated tail before.
Mixed stone and timber retaining wall with moist earth and loose and rotting vegetation.
you are allways welcome Argy:) great news you two are not alone,we two(me and my wife Natália) we are even more crazy about noah than in the beginig,it's wonderful the transformation that bring to ower daily life,now there allways something to se,to check,or to spott,fantastic:)
i'll check Leuba's collection to,i dont forgot her,i'am a follower of her since the first times :)
Thanks so much Antonio. I do remember. After I took this photo I began to search for information about this skink and accidentally discovered Project Noah. Leuba and I thought it was such a good idea that we went crazy trying to learn from you all. We still are crazy :)
amazing Argy,do you remember your first? great spotting,beautiful spotting page,i'am following you since almost the begining :)thanks for sharing such amazing organisms,congratulations my friend
You should also add this most unusual of reptiles. Its the woodstock mission. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8196...
the multiple growths is said to result from an incomplete severance of the tail during injury. If the tail does not drop off during the first injury, another bit grows off the original tail and so on...
Thanks for welcome everyone. I was thrilled to find this project. Good thing.
My theory on this was that some pesky creatures have damaged the tail in a couple of places and triggered the 'tail regrowth mechanism" from those points, For me it was also interesting to consider the progress of this in evolutionary terms. Under what conditions might multiple tails become useful? Amazing world.
Welcome Mark. These multiple tails usually happen when they've lost the original tail and something goes a bit wonky when they regrow.
I have seen lizards with 2 tails but I have never heard of 3 tails.
Undergo some mutation maybe?
Spotted on Nov 23, 2011
Submitted on Nov 23, 2011
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