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COMMON SCALY FOOT FACTS |
Description
Body scales with raised ridges, giving a roughened appearance (keeled). Usually has interrupted dark stripes on the back. Up to 24 cm long (snout-vent).
Common Scaly-foots are usually most active after dawn or before dusk. They prey on a wide variety of invertebrates and occasionally other skinks. Females normally lay two eggs per clutch.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
From sclerophyll forest to coastal heaths, usually under timber or in leaf litter.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Southern and eastern mainland Australia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Pygopodidae | | Genus: | Pygopus | | Species: | lepidopodus | | Common Name: | Common Scaly Foot |
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