Monday, March 16, 2020

LITTORAL WHIPTAIL-SKINK

Photographed on Ugar (Stephen) Island, Torres Straits, March 2020

152             LITTORAL WHIPTAIL-SKINK               Emoia atrocostata

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS              107     

Also known as Mangrove Skink or Littoral Skink. Found on rocky shorelines and in foreshore vegetation, including mangrove forests; swims in tidal pools. Widespread in Japan, through south-east Asia and into south-west Pacific; tip of Cape York and Torres Strait Islands.





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