Woodland Tussock-skink at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii | 16 Jan 2018 | WillO | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Jan 2018 | Christine |
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User's notes
There were probably around 15 individuals which i saw, and I photographed 5. These photos are of the five different individuals, but they all look like the same species to me - though some appear to be breeding males. Please let me know if any are not the same, and i will create a new sighting for it/them.
2 comments
WillO
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
You are correct - all are the one species - Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Woodland Tussock Skink). The males are getting their red breeding colours (they are autumn maters so only just starting to get orange-red side strips and orange-red belly in mid summer). Females retain sperm over winter and become fertilized by that stored sperm in spring - a clever biological trick to allow mating to occur in autumn when the lizard's have had a summer of growth to be in peak condition, but probably more importantly allows the females to get on with their lives (feeding after a long winter brumation and nurturing the embryos) in early spring without needing to find mates. This species has an advanced form of placentation. WillO
GeoffRobertson
wrote:
17 Jan 2018
They are very good photos and show how this species is so variable even in the one location. GeoffR
Location information
- Coordinates 148.996346-35.805337
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Skinks
Species information
- Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii Scientific name
- Woodland Tussock-skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1996.1m Recorded at altitude
- 214 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Leilopisma entrecasteauxii
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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