Hardcore sydney herper spots first of season!

[Guest]

I saw my first wild herp today on vic barracks. A cool little garden skink about 4 inches in length, now isnt that hardcore!!

And yes, its pathetic i know, but for me living and working in a cement jungle its cool!! NOT!

 

[instar]

LOl.........."CRIKEY, what a little beauty"!! :lol:

 

[Bryony]

yay my 2 resident skinks emerged yeaterday
and i saw another at the uni basking

 

[Guest]

Well...in brisbane here we have them all year round. dunno y but they never seem to go away.

 

[Bryony]

the big ones?

 

[Sdaji]

Ah well, garden skinks (Lampropholis delicata) and a water skink were the only wild herps I saw on my trip to Sydney! I had to content myself with that!

 

[Bryony]

hey we did go Arachning
lol

 

[sxereturn]

A 4" long Garden Skink? I smell 'roids!

 

[Bryony]

well stop sniffing your armpit

kidding

whats the name of the big garden skinks? i forget

 

[instar]

Sxe, those tiny skinks are just as valuable to the ecology as monitors or any other herp. :wink: Id miss seeing them around in my garden and on the back wall anyway, my mini foxy thinks they are fun to chase. I saw a tiny one cuaght up dead in a trapdoors web once.

 

[Sdaji]

A 4" long Garden Skink? I smell 'roids!

I noticed sydney people having a different definition of 'garden skink' from us melbournians. Anything which isn't a Tiliqua or Egernia seemed to count
4" isn't all that big for one though.

 

[Sdaji]

whats the name of the big garden skinks?

"Non garden skink"

 

[instar]

ive seen some in the local bushland sdaji, look much like the tiny "garden skink" but about 15 cm long. not sure what species they are. :?
the litle ones, ive often found immobile on the lawn in the morning, too cold to move, a few minutes in a nice sunny place and they are up n off.

 

[peterescue]

Depends where you live.The larger skinks around here are Eulamphrus quoyii(Eastern Water Skink). Though now that they have put what was left of the creek into stormwater pipies I guess they'll go next.

 

[Sdaji]

ive seen some in the local bushland sdaji, look much like the tiny "garden skink" but about 15 cm long. not sure what species they are.

Post a good pic and I (and several others here) should be able to ID it.

Speaking of such, can anyone id the skink in my avatar? There's another one of it in my gallery.

 

[hey_im_sam]

Sdaji - looks like the photo I showed you was quoyii then!
Peter - this skink was in turramurra (near hornsby) probably 50m from the nearest moving water, but next to a pool. S-V length about 10 cm(ish). Sound right?

 

[Sdaji]

Sam, yeah, that was my guess too.

I've seen E.tympanum well over a km from the nearest river or dam.

 

[Magpie]

The little garden skinks here would get to 10cm SVL no worried at all. Little bronze coloured things with lighter coloured line down their sides.

 

[ether]

When do bluetounges come out in Sydney? I have them in my garden but never really see them.

Regards Ether

 

[Springherp]

Right now! I was out yesterday and caught two, plus some pinktongues and jacky dragons..