It is not an Eastern Water Skink as they do not occur in Victoria other in the far NW along the Murray River. It also lacks the pale dorsolateral stripe characteristic of this species.
The two species that can possibly occur in the Wilson’s Promontory area the Southern Water Skink (tympanum ssp tympanum) and the Yellow-bellied Water Skink (heatwolei). The former has a pale anterior margin to the ear opening whilst the latter has a black anterior margin to the ear opening. Given that I believe you can comfortably take credit for having correctly identified the species. Well done Stompsy!
There use to be plenty of them down at seaford beach stompsyIt was about a cm wide and maybe 10 to 15 cms long. Didn't expect to find such a big skink down that way either...
Awesome. Might have to go down and see if I can find any!There use to be plenty of them down at seaford beach stompsy
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Yeh there's some good spots around that area where I've found, Jackie dragons/ blue tounges and lots of different smaller skinks. A few snakes too, red bellies and tigers. There's some good pockets of bushland around that area.Awesome. Might have to go down and see if I can find any!
I'm planning on dragging Smitti to some of the reserves around here very soon. Hopefully we'll see lots more herps!Yup plenty of water skinks along the foreshore at Seaford and the trails along the train tracks. Other good herping spots you can check out would be the Pines forest and also the flora and fauna reserve in Langwarrin. Jackies, blueys, tigers, red bellies, copperheads, various skinks. Also plenty of scorpions.
I saw water skink and got a little nervous........
Lucky he's banned, Wally.
Lucky he's banned, Wally.
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