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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia)
	Order:	Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
	Family:	Skink (Scincidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Mallee Snake-eyed Skink (Morethia obscura)
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	Thank you Stephen Fricker & Stephen Mahony for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 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)
	Copyright © 2012-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 07-Nov-2012
This species is classed as  LC (Least Concern)  in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)