Copperhead Skink
S5, Gravid Female, ventral
Murray Mallee Region
Spotted Slider
S1, dorsal
 
                      
Copperhead Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Family: Skink (Scincidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Copperhead Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
This Photo:     🔍S6, ventral🔎
Other names: Garden Skink, Metallic Skink or Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink

Thank you Matt Campbell for identifying and Asimakis Patitsas & Stephen Mahony for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
5 fingers & 5 toes.
~35mm for S3, ~44mm SVL (Snout to Vent length) for S5 Gravid Female & ~40mm for S6.
These get some very metallic blue sheen in the right light.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 19-Jan-2018
This species is classed as RA (Rare) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)