MacCoy's Skink at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Anepischetosia maccoyi | 4 Oct 2021 | WillO | ||
| Anepischetosia maccoyi | 4 Oct 2021 | BrianLR |
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User's notes
observed at aprox 1760m asl
1 comment
WillO
wrote:
4 Oct 2021
Well done Brian. That is a very high elevation record. Down in the Snowies you get them up to the lower level of the winter snowline (about 1500m). For a given elevation it is warmer on average with less snow in the ACT than at Kosciuszko - that might explain this high record. Substrate temperature important for so-called "thigmotherms" like this species.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.772085-35.529862
- Maps Bimberi Nature Reserve
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2021 10:14 AM Recorded on
- BrianLR Recorded by
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Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Skinks BrianLR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Anepischetosia maccoyi Scientific name
- MacCoy's Skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1292.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nannoscincus maccoyi
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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