GRASS SKINK

Photographed near entrance to Jillabenan Cave, at Yarrangobilly Caves, Snowy Mountains, NSW, December 2017

69                    GRASS SKINK                   Lampropholis guichenoti

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS              47

Found along se mainland from Adelaide to Brisbane, mainly on coast and the Divide. Has adapted and thrives in human environment; more in Sydney backyards then surrounding bushland. Eats invertebrates.

DELICATE SKINK

Photographed at Mary Cairncross Reserve, Queensland, November 2017

54                 DELICATE SKINK                  Lampropholis delicata

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    37

Also known as Dark Flecked Garden Sun Skink, Garden Skink, Plague Skink,  and in Australia and NZ as Rainbow Skink (which is a South African Skink). Originally from eastern Australia. Accidentally introduced into NZ in early 1960. More common in suburban gardens than adjacent native bushland.