by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Cunningham’s Skink Scientific Name: Egernia cunninghami Size: Snout Vent Length 250mm What does it look like? The Cunningham’s Skink is a large, robust skink with prominent keeled scales on back and tail, and short legs. Variable colouration and...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Eastern Blue-tongue Scientific Name: Tiliqua scincoides Size: Snout Vent Length 320mm (females bigger than males) What does it look like? The Eastern Blue-tongue is a large skink with broad head, short limbs, moderately long, tapering tail and large blue tongue....
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Tree Skink Scientific Name: Egernia striolata Size: Snout Vent Length 120 mm What does it look like? Tree Skink scales are smooth or bluntly keeled, and moderately flattened body and slender tail. Grey to dark olive-brown with broad, paler greyish dorsolateral stripe...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, November 15, 2020
Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko Scientific Name: Saltuarius swaini Size: Snout Vent Length 130 mm What does it look like? The Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko is either brown or olive-grey above, with 3–5 paler cream-grey blotches along back and similarly coloured bands on...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, November 14, 2020
Shingleback Lizard Scientific Name: Tiliqua rugosa Size: Snout Vent Length 300 mm (females slightly larger than males) What does it look like? The Shingleback Lizard has a robust, rough-scaled body, with large, triangular head, short, rounded tail, short limbs and...
