ALPINE WATER SKINK

Photographed at Falls Creek, Victoria, March 2021

176                ALPINE WATER SKINK                Eulamprus kosciuskoi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD.            125

Inhabits Alpine woodlands, heaths and tussock grasslands. Isolated populations occur in Snowy Mountains of NSW and adjacent areas of Victoria, New England Plateau and Barrington Tops, ne NSW and Stanthorpe area, Queensland. Basks on rocks and tussocks, often near small streams. Critically endangered in Victoria.

EASTERN WATER SKINK

Photographed in the campground near O'Reilly's Guesthouse, Leamington National Park, Queensland, November 2017

53                 EASTERN WATER SKINK                Eulamprus quoyii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  36

Also known as Eastern Water-skink or Golden Water Skink. Diurnal, endemic to Australia, primarily in the southeast, ranges from southern Victoria to central Queensland.. Usually found close to or on the shore of slow flowing creeks and estuaries; although not restricted to areas near freshwater, and sometimes found in drier environments.

YELLOW-BELLIED WATER SKINK

Photographed at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Canberra

40              YELLOW-BELLIED WATER SKINK             Eulamprus heatwolei 

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                25    

Found in n-e Victoria, through coast and tablelands of se NSW to northern tablelands NSW. Ground-dwelling lizard of open upland forests and grassland, usually margins of swamps, lagoons and creeks.

SOUTHERN WATER SKINK

Photographed at Toolangi State Park, Victoria

3                 SOUTHERN WATER SKINK                      Eulamprus tympanum

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS               3

Range: southern and eastern Victoria and south-eastern NSW, isolated populations on Fleurie Peninsula, SA. Agile, diurnal usually along small creeks.

Also photographed at Toolangi State Park, Victoria, February 2022