Garden Sunskink

Description:

4cm long garden skink tackles a 'big breakfast' consisting of one brown cricket. These little skinks are common in garden and house environment taking advantage of the higher numbers of insects that congregate near lights, pots and under building materials. Shades of brown, black patterned, lighter belly, iridescent shimmer to scales in bronze and pale blue/green, patterned in dark spots and lines, this one also had partly regrown tail which shows as reddish brown.

Habitat:

Under logs, in crevices, found throughout much of eastern Australia. This one in garden environment adjacent to dry woodland.