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WHITE'S SKINK FACTS |
Description
White's Skink is a stocky brownish coloured skink from south eastern Australia. The back often has dark brown and paler brown stripes along the length, but colour and pattern is variable. The sides are patterned with black and white speckles or blotches, and the underside is pale.
Size
about 9 cm excluding tail
Habitat
forest, heathland, shrubland, rocky outcrops
Food
insects and plant matter
Breeding
The female gives birth to litters of one to four live young in summer
Range
south-eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, Victoria , south east of South Australia,, northern Tasmania and Bass Strait islands
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: | Egernia | | Species: | whitii | | Common Name: | White's Skink |
Relatives in same Genus
Cunningham's Skink (E. cunninghami)
Hosmer's Skink (E. hosmeri)
King's Skink (E. kingii)
Land Mullet (E. major)
Stoke's Skink (E. stokesii)
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