Mallee Snake-eyed Skink
S7, Male in Breeding Colours
Eastern Shingleback
S4, dorsal
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| Mallee Snake-eyed Skink S7, Male in Breeding Colours | | Eastern Shingleback S4, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Mallee Snake-eyed Skink (Morethia obscura)| This Photo: | S4, ventral | Thank you Stephen Fricker & Stephen Mahony for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: This chap was climbing all over a Westringia Rigida bush hunting. Notice the copper tone at certain light angles, as shown clearer later. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 4 fingers and 5 toes. We haven't managed to catch any yet, so don't have an measurments We can see two supraciliary scales interlocking; as opposed to 1 for M. boulengeri Stephen Mahony said "The supraciliaries are certainly right for M. obscura." Similar Species: Speckled Wall Skink (Cryptoblepharus pannosus)
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