South-eastern Morethia Skink S1, dorsal | South-eastern Morethia Skink S1, profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | ||||
Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | ||||
Family: | Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | South-eastern Morethia Skink (Morethia boulengeri) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S2, Male, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Other names: | Boulenger's Skink, Common Snake-eye or Firetail Skink | ||||
Thank you Stephen Fricker, Stephen Mahony & Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere The 1st specimen we found was small at ~44mm SVL. Weighting ~1.6gm The eybrow shot shows the single supraciliary scales interlocking; as opposed to 2 for M. obscura. With S2 & S3 you can see the strong red throat colour of the male in breeding colours. | |||||
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