SWANSON'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed in Kakadu, Northern Territory, October 2018

118                       SWANSON'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK                    Cryptoblepharus cygnatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    84

Found in the very north of Northern Territory. Mainly arboreal; frequently on human structures.

INLAND SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, September 2018

106              INLAND SNAKE-EYED SKINK               Crytoblepharus australis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  74

Widespread, arboreal skink in central Australia. Observed basking on trunks of trees bordering waterways, logs, fence posts. Found in central Australia from centre east of WA, most of SA, southern NT, nw NSW and most of southern half of Queensland except coastal.

BUCHANAN'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed at Yenchep National Park, Western Australia, July 2018

101                    BUCHANAN'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK                  Cryptoblepharus buchananii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                 69

Found on rocks and trees. Range: sw WA from Pilbara to mush of sw and southern WA.

ELEGANT SNAKE-EYED LIZARD

Photographed at Mon Repos, Queensland February 2018

79                        ELEGANT SNAKE-EYED SKINK               Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                       53

Also known as Fence Skink. Common on fences, buildings and in suburban environments. Agile, leaping from branch to branch chasing small insects and spiders; observed robbing ant columns of lava and dead insects. Found along NSW east coast and about midway up Q coast; and along coast of se WA and SA coast fro Port Augusta to WA border.

RAGGED SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed at Parkes, NSW, October 2017

35                   RAGGED SNAKE-EYED SKINK                Cryptoblepharus pannosus    

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS              21

Interior of eastern Australia, from se SA to Gulf of Carpentaria, extending to eastern coastal areas via drylands corridors. Arboreal species, found on tree-trunks in native and urban environments, including gardens and buildings.