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Water Skink

Sphenomorphus tenuis?

Notes:

A tiny skink, about 2cm long (without its tail, which it had just dropped). It was very red in colour with a brighter red stripe along its face. It blended beautifully with the leaf litter on the track (see second shot) - I would never have seen it if it wasn't moving.

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4 Comments

ShannaB
ShannaB 12 years ago

@dungeonmasterShu - thanks for the suggestion. I looked up Ablepharus and I can see what you mean (they're very similar-looking) but we don't have Ablepharus in Australia.

dungeonmasterShu
dungeonmasterShu 12 years ago

Not perhaps an "Ablepharus sp."?

ShannaB
ShannaB 12 years ago

Yep, on the track between the swimming hole and the picnic area.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Ouch!
Is that near the swimming hole at the waterfall?

ShannaB
Spotted by
ShannaB

QLD, Australia

Spotted on Mar 3, 2012
Submitted on Mar 4, 2012

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