Help with skink

[kankryb]

My mate in Adelaide found this in his garden wall but never seen it before and asked me in Denmark . My guess is a fence skink, anybody knows?

 

[Magic Mike]

Yeah looks like a fence skink to me

 

[kankryb]

Thanks I used this to look for answers

 

[Magic Mike]

Thanks I used this to look for answers

yes i have a copy of that too!

 

[Bluetongue1]

That is correct - general body shape, dorsal patterning with the pale stripes, dorsolaterally flattened head and body, plus slightly bulging eyes lacking eyelids. They are also commonly referred to as “snake-eyed skinks”, and sometimes “wall skinks”. The species would be Cryptoblepharus pannosus, as this is the only one that is recorded from Adelaide itself, and the photo matches its description . It has been given the common name of “Ragged snake-eyed skink”. Just for interest, the genus name of ‘crypto – blepharus’ means ‘hidden eyelid’. The eye is covered by a transparent, immoveable scale, similar to what occurs in snakes.

Apologies that this reply is so long after the original post. I have had very little access to the forum over the past year or so due to computer problems combined with personal circumstances.