Short-clawed Comb-eared Skink: Anterior

Short-clawed Comb-eared Skink (Ctenotus inornatus)

Class:

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

Order:

Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)

Family:

Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Short-clawed Comb-eared Skink (Ctenotus inornatus)

This Photo:

🔍Anterior🔎

Synonym:

Ctenotus brachyonyx

Other name:

Brown Ctenotus

Thank you David Muirhead (DaveMMDave) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
5 fingers & 5 toes,
We found one of these on an expedition North of here, with a team of people helping with id's.
The least striped Ctenotus in the area, but with a yellow belly.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

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

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