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Three-lined skink

Bassiana duperreyi

Photo by lori.tas
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Field Notes

Description:

A long-bodied skink with fairly short limbs. This species normally has a clearly defined pattern of stripes running length-ways down the body, including a black, sharply-defined stripe along the upper sides.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll bush land.

Notes:

Three-lined skinks are one of the few egg-laying (oviparous) lizards occurring in Tasmania.

Reference Links:

Eastern Three-lined Skink

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
lori.tas
If I remember correctly, we have 14 skinks and just one lizard species in Tasmania. Oh, and three species of snake. Except for the big blue-tongues, none of our skinks are very colorful, but I think they are all pretty nonetheless.

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