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REPTILE FACTS |
Description This Eastern Striped Skink is brown or olive-brown with stripes running along the length of the head and body. The underside is pale. The snout to vent length is about 11 cm, with total length about 23 cm.
Other Names Robust striped skink
Size 23 cm
Habitat dry eucalypt forest, woodlands, riverside woodlands, heaths, coastal sand dunes, rocky outcrops
Food insects and other land invertebrates
Range found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia, north west Western Australia. Also found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
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: | robustus | Common Name: | Eastern Striped Skink |
Relatives in same Genus Leopard Ctenotus (C. pantherinus) Striped Skink (C. taeniolatus)
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