Australian Capital Territory
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
New South Wales
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Common name: Common Garden Skink. SVL 48mm; Total length 90mm
Common Garden Skink, also known as Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink, is in the genus commonly referred to as ground or sun skinks (Lampropholis) which contains fourteen species. Lampropholis belong to Eugongylus Group of skinks.
Common Garden Skink is names after French zoologist Antoine Alphone Guichenot (1809-76); several species commemorate his name. Despite its commonness it is one of the prettiest skinks of skinks with its blue flecked appearance. With a little patience it is easily recognisable.
Distribution: While once likely common and still numerous, this population numbers have likely seriously declined in Canberra region.
Lampropholis guichenoti is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Hume | Gippsland | Barwon South West | South East South Australia
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Maps
Birrigai Black Flat at Corrowong Black Mountain Bobundara Nature Reserve Bondi State Forest Boro Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Bullen Range Callum Brae Canberra City Farm Cooma North Ridge Reserve Coornartha Nature Reserve Crace Grasslands Farrer Ridge Genoplesium vernale target area Gibraltar Pines Gigerline Nature Reserve Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gossan Hill Goulburn Mulwaree Council Goulburn Wetlands Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kosciuszko National Park Lower Cotter Catchment Lower Molonglo Molonglo River Reserve Monga National Park Mongarlowe River Mount Gray Recreation Reserve, Goulburn Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mt Holland Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Nadjung Mada NR Namadgi National Park Swamp Creek Tallaganda State Forest Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wanniassa Hill West Goulburn Bushland Reserve Wright Park and Old Sydney Road ReservePlaces
Ainslie, ACT Aranda, ACT Borough, NSW Braidwood, NSW Cooma, NSW Cotter River, ACT Curtin, ACT Evatt, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Goulburn, NSW Kambah, ACT Lake George, NSW Nanima, NSW Pialligo, ACT Rendezvous Creek, ACT Stirling, ACT Tharwa, ACT Watson, ACT
