Skink

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teganb02
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Skink

Is this a Common Garden Skink or Eastern Three-Lined Skink, or another species? Pic taken at Mulwala N.S.W

Woko
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I think that's a Striped Skink, tegan. Not that I know much about Skinks but we get Striped Skinks around our house in SA occasionally & it looks very much like those. It also matches pretty well with the Googled photos.

HelloBirdy
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I believe it is a Robust Striped-skink (Ctenotus robustus). Tou may want to submit that to Canberra Nature Map http://canberranaturemap.org/ where an expert can verify the ID for you- Mulwala N.S.W is just within the project boundaries

Ryu
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Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera

Woko
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I think Ctenotus robustus was the species among a number of others whose photos adorned a poster on the wall of our toilet until it fell to pieces. The poster, that is. The toilet still stands tall.

teganb02
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Thanks Woko and Ryu, thanks for the link, I will submit the photo now and tell you the response 

Tegan - Melbourne Vic.

teganb02
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I now have it confirmed as Ctenotus robustus thanks to you guys, is the common name 'Robust Striped Skink' or 'Eastern Striped Skink'?

Tegan - Melbourne Vic.

HelloBirdy
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It is common for species to have more than one common name- both seem to be used in this case

Ryu
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Woko
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Hence the value of those hard-to-say (unless you're a Roman) scientific names.

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