skink ID?

[tadpoles]

Hi.
These little guys come from the gawler region, we were doing a big clean up as fire danger is getting worse and came across these little guys.

The land owner insisted i take them, as she didn't want them, around "inviting snakes" and was going to destroy them if i didn't, so i had no choice really

I'm not sure if the are juvies or just a small skink.

One of them has lost his tail but is regenerating it like a gecko.

I was thinking possibly they were dwarf skinks, Menetia greyii , but the have too many digits on the front hands for this. They have 5 digits per hand/foot.
Oher ideas on identification were Lampropholis guichenoti and Lerista bougainvilli

Any ideas would be helpfull

 

[tadpoles]

anyone?

I want to know, so i know if im keeping a protected species or somethin

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'dat tadpoles,

It is Lampropholis guichenoti. They get to a total length of around 10cm.

All Australian native reptiles are protected.

Cheers

 

[junglepython2]

They look like Lampropholis guichenoti to me, very common but still a proctected species.

 

[tadpoles]

They are on the SA exempt reptiles list.

Can anyone in SA clarify the rules with exempt reptiles for me?
cause i'm a little confused:?


Do many species of skinks regrow lost tails?

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'day tadpoles,

They may be on the exempt list, but I'm not sure if that means you can take them from the wild? Give NPWS a call, ask for Sonya or Hannah and they will sort you out with the info.

Cheers