Mountain skink

LOL! that's the Aussie sun for you. No bathing.. only baking here.

OK, that's a new Aussie word for me then, over here sunbake is reserved for minerals and some plants. Now to your 1,500 species - I have narrowed it down by searching for "Tasmanian Skinks" - there are only 16 now making life a little easier, have a look at this link, it has further links to all 16 so you should be able to narrow it down a little more if you look at distribution maps and habitats: http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=7645 If you still need help I know some users who can help.

Hi Charlie, please only put "Genus + species" in the scientific name field, if you don't know these, just leave the field blank and that will identify the spotting as requiring further research to find the actual species. You can find this information, and lots of other useful information, in our FAQs http://www.projectnoah.org/faq BTW you have a couple of spelling errors also Lizard and sunbathing!