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The Garden Skink is a common garden skink in Brisbane. It is found in mulch and loose soil. It is about 9cm long. It usually lays two small white eggs about the size of a baked bean..
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Garden Skink
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Several female Garden Skinks often lay their eggs in a cluster under loose soil or debris. These were found amongst gravel. The eggs are oval and white about the size of baked beans.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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GARDEN SKINK FACTS |
Description
The Garden Skink is a small dark brown lizard, with bronze coloured stripe, from the shoulder and to the base of the tail.
Other Names
Delicate Skink, Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
Size
up to 40 mm excluding tail
Habitat
Open woodland and forest. Common in suburban gardens.
Food
small insects
Breeding
The females lay 2-6 eggs in a communal nest which can contain up to 250 eggs. Females often produce more than one clutch per season.
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: | Lampropholis | | Species: | delicata | | Common Name: | Garden Skink |
Relatives in same Genus
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink (L. guichenoti)
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