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Eulamprus leuraensis - The Blue Mountains Water Skink
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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
The Blue Mountain Water Skink is an endangered skink from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. It is dark brown with rows of pale spots on either side of the spine. The head is brown with black markings. The underside is cream or yellow with small dark markings
Other Names
Blue Mountains swamp-skink
Size
about 8 cm excluding tail. The tail is about 12 cm long
Habitat
highland peat swamps , sedge, shrub swamps
Food
mainly insects
Breeding
Females give birth to live young in late December
Range
Blue Mountains west of Sydney, New South Wales
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: | Eulamprus | | Species: | leuraensis | | Common Name: | Blue Mountain Water Skink |
Relatives in same Genus
Yellow-bellied Water Skink (E. heatwolei)
Eastern Water Skink (E. quoyii)
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