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Lerista kalumburu

Photo by Aonach_Eagach
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Field Notes

Description:

found this skink while sweeping the leaves from the back of the house

Habitat:

leaf litter, adalaide hills

Species ID Suggestions

Fire-Tailed Skink

Morethia taeniopleura
sarahaw1981
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Comments (1)
sarahaw1981
Your skink is very much like Fire-Tailed Skink (Morethia taeniopleura) the only thing that make me think is that all the maps have them in the eastern sates, but going right upto the border, habitat is also fits "loves leaf litter and hilly areas. So who knows it might be the right one.
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PublishedJune 19, 2011

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