anyone know what skink this is?

[whiteyluvsrum]

found in the backyard.

 

[reece89]

is it a garden skink?? i dont no sorry

 

[cris]

its a Ctenotus species, possibly Ctenotus robustus. You can safely call it a striped skink anyway.

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

robustus looks like the one.

 

[WombleHerp]

well done cris i just looked through my book and it seems you beat me to it lol yer hes rite its Ctenotus robustus.

 

[spydon]

I found one too.

I found this little guy at the front of our house then few days later at the backyard too.
Could anyone shed some light on what type it was?

 

[liasis]

a brown one with stripes but seriously i wouldnt know

 

[junglemad]

spydon yours is a gecko...maybe a velvet. the skink isn't robustus...it is too small...i reckon egernia whitii

 

[-Peter]

definately Ctenotus and most likely robusta. I'd give cris the points. If not its one of the other Ctenotus species like spaldingi.

 

[cyclamen]

brendan, thought u must have dissapeared of the face of the earth

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

the skink isn't robustus...it is too small...i reckon egernia whitii

you cant tell from the photo but it was a good size, easily 12cm. egernia whitii dont live up here.

 

[jordo]

I agree, Ctenotus robustus. I kept some Ctenotus years ago they're great lizards (attached pic of C. regius).

spydon - your little guy looks like a juvenile marbled gecko (juvs typically have orange/pinky colours on their tail which seem to fade with age), Christinus marmoratus see pic.