Morethia boulengeri

1 Boulenger's Skink at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Morethia boulengeri	15 Nov 2020	WillO
	Morethia boulengeri	15 Nov 2020	Tapirlord

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2 comments

ruthkerruish wrote:

16 Nov 2020

Great to see skinks being sighted in HGW despite the woodland being repeatedly burned for various reasons over many years since 1960. HGW was started in 2003 and in 2013, the Hughes Garran Woodland Management was prepared to limit burning (just google it). Well worth a read!

WillO wrote:

17 Nov 2020

Yes that is good to know. Small ground layer reptiles generally don't survive very well in areas subjected to regular burning. The leaf litter they forage in, and find shelter in, has been removed, and so often the piles of bark, branches, and hollow logs that they depend upon also disappear. The individual you photographed is a male with his bold white stripes and red throat.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.096793 -35.338764
Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
14 Nov 2020 07:42 PM Recorded on
Tapirlord Recorded by
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Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Skinks Reptiles and Frogs

Additional information

Breeding behaviour
Unknown Gender

Species information

Morethia boulengeri Scientific name
Boulenger's Skink Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 822.55m Recorded at altitude
170 images trained Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

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