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STRIPED SKINK FACTS |
Description
The Striped Skink is a medium sized skink. Striped Skinks are olive brown on top with stripes of dark brown and white running from head to tail. They have a black, white edged band along the centre of the back, and on either is a white band edged in black. The sides are dark brown and spotted with white.
Size
up to 30cm
Habitat
Striped skinks are found in open bushland and heathland. They live in rocky and sandy places, with cover nearby to escape from predators.
Food
small invertebrates like insects and worms.
Range
along the eastern seaboard of Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Scincidae | | Genus: | Ctenotus | | Species: | taeniolatus | | Common Name: | Striped Skink |
Relatives in same Genus
Leopard Ctenotus (C. pantherinus)
Eastern Striped Skink (C. robustus)
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