Copperhead Skink S5, Gravid Female, dorsal | Copperhead Skink S1, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | ||||
Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | ||||
Family: | Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Copperhead Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S6, dorsal🔎 | ||||
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. | |||||
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