Skink Thread

[greeny1]

Thought i'd post this thread because most of my lizards are skinks & I'd really like to see some of the differant species some people have.
1: My Pink Tongue Skink, 2: My pair of Cunninghams, 3: My Black Rock Skinks 4: My Bluey enjoying himself in his waterbowl.

 

[DonnB]

Nice skinks you have there.

 

[greeny1]

Come on guys, surely someone has some skinks on here. Just post 'em.

 

[Acrochordus]

A few Skinks that live in my local area.
First is a Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
Second is Weasel Skink (Saproscincus mustelinus)
Third is Copper-Tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)
Fourth is Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
Fifth is Wall Skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus)

More to come, Thanks Tim.

 

[Acrochordus]

First is Blue- Tongued Lizard (Tiliqua scincoides)
Second is Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
There is a fair few skinks that i have seen in my local area, but have been unsuccessful of photography some of them are: Red- Throated Skink, Eastern Striped Skink, Pink- Tongued Skink, Land Mullet, White’s Skink, Barred- Sided Skink, Three- Toed Skink, Gully skink. All up there is 17 species of skinks around my area and i have photographed 7.

 

[greeny1]

Nice work, I can never find much around here and we live in the bush.

 

[greeny1]

wild cunninghams:

Are they quite skittish in the wild? cause the first picture looks like its falling asleep

 

[MarcAtterton]

Couple of my fav skinks here, the first pic attached is a Whites Skink i caught while doing some work up near gosford, the 2nd pic is of a centralian bluie and the last is a pretty cool 3 toed skink that i caught up in Alice, please excuse fingers in photos

 

[scratchy]

Here are some more cunnighams. They had a few babies last april.

 

[gecko-mad]

MarcAtterton, that is not a 3 toed skink, it looks like a member of lerista.

 

[jordo]

Skinks are a favourite of mine, here are a few random shots:
Morethia obscura

Gidgees

C. robustus

Pseudomoia cryodroma

Cyclodomorphus praealtus

Ctenotus atlas - stunners

Narrow banded swimmer

desert skink

 

[greeny1]

Nice photos guys!

 

[Jay84]

Nice pics Jordo! When are we gonna go looking?!

 

[miss2]

MarcAtterton, thats a great looking centralian, just stunning!!

 

[greeny1]

Anyone with questions and info should post it.