Tiliqua rugosa

Shingleback Lizard at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

	Tiliqua rugosa	23 Oct 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Tiliqua rugosa	23 Oct 2021	MPW

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Another example of probable Predation, consistent with previous such injured / dead Shinglebacks found in this area from time to time. Great Pity as they can live for several decades. Does anyone have any suggestion for the cause ? Eg. Raven or whatever ?

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

23 Oct 2021

Max this is what John Wombey said back in 2016
"Although I have not seen this before my best guess is that a predator/scavanger is taking advantage of a possible birthing event. Something with the right tools and smart enough to work out, perhaps in isolated cases how to do it. The most likely culprit could be a Raven, but until they are caught in the act we can only speculate and be careful not to draw too many hasty conclusions."
So please keep an eye out for Raven predation.

MPW wrote:

23 Oct 2021

Thanks Michael, that is quite informative 😊

waltraud wrote:

30 Oct 2021

I observe quite frequently a pair of ravens at the Fair walking around - I'm afraid they learnt the trick. They seem to deliberately search around logs.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.171944 -35.224444
Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Oct 2021 06:36 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

Unknown Gender
Deceased Animal health

Species information

Tiliqua rugosa Scientific name
Shingleback Lizard Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 888.04m Recorded at altitude
407 images trained Machine learning

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