Copperhead Skink: S5, Gravid Female, Head, profile

Copperhead Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia)

Order:

Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)

Family:

Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Copperhead Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti)

This Photo:

🔍S5, Gravid Female, Head, profile🔎

Other names:

Garden Skink, Metallic Skink or Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink

Thank you Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS) 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.

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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