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Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | |||||||||||||
Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | |||||||||||||
Family: | Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
Species: | Dwarf Skink (Menetia greyii)This Photo: | Body | Thank you Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS) & Graham Armstrong for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere 4 fingers and 5 toes. ~35mm snout to vent length. Like most skinks, they are variable. The one we found was dark coppery brown above with a dark stripe down each side and pale underneath. The ears opening are minute, hence appears to be earless.
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