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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
The Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer is pale brown or reddish brown with darker broad bands around its neck, body and tail. It has stout body and skinny legs moves across the sand with a "swimming" motion hence its common name. It is similar to the Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer (Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer (Eremiascincus fasciolatus) which has a greater number of narrower bands.
Other Names
Richardson’s skink
Size
about 8 cm excluding tail
Habitat
arid areas where they are found in sandy soil, stony soil, rock crevices
Food
insects and spiders, sometimes fruit
Breeding
The female lays four or five ]eggs in a clutch.
Range
Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer is found throughout arid regions of Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia and Western 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: | Eremiascincus | | Species: | richardsonii | | Common Name: | Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer |
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