Friday, January 11, 2019

WHITE'S SKINK

Photographed on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, January 2019

125                 WHITE'S SKINK                  Liopholis whitii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                90

Found in woodlands and heaths. Extends from kangaroo Islandand islands off Eyre Peninsula; SA through Tasmania and Victoria to Granite belt; south Queensland; isolated pockets in western NSW.   




















Photographed on the summit of Mount Kaputar, NSW, February 2021


THREE-TOED EARLESS SKINK

Photographed at Emu Bay cemetery, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, January 2019

124                THREE-TOED EARLESS SKINK                       Hemiergis decresiensis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    89

Also known as Southern Earless Skink; subspecies decresiensis found only on Kangaroo Island. Found in woodlands and shrublands. Subspecies continentis occupies mainland SA.




Thursday, January 10, 2019

HEATH MONITOR

Photographed on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, January 2019

123                   HEATH MONITOR                         Varanus rosenbergi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    88

Also known as Rosenberg's Goanna. Found in open woodlands and heaths on sandy soils from sw WA to western Victoria, with isolated pockets in ACT and mid-coast NSW.






Monday, January 7, 2019

BLACK ROCK SKINK

Photographed at Hanging Rock, Victoria, January 2019

122                  BLACK ROCK SKINK                   Egernia saxatilis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                87

Also known as Black Crevise-skink. Active during the day and feed on invertebrates. Found in rocky and timbered habitats. Widespread across eastern and southern Australia from central NSW across Grampions in Victoria.



SALTBUSH MORETHIA

  Photographed at Murrawijinie Caves, near Nullarbor Roadhouse, South Australia, August 2022 185                      SALTBUSH MORETHIA     ...