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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
This Eastern Striped Skink is brown or olive-brown with stripes running along the length of the head and body. The underside is pale. The snout to vent length is about 11 cm, with total length about 23 cm.
Other Names
Robust striped skink
Size
23 cm
Habitat
dry eucalypt forest, woodlands, riverside woodlands, heaths, coastal sand dunes, rocky outcrops
Food
insects and other land invertebrates
Range
found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, South Australia, north west Western Australia. Also found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Scincidae | | Genus: | Ctenotus | | Species: | robustus | | Common Name: | Eastern Striped Skink |
Relatives in same Genus
Leopard Ctenotus (C. pantherinus)
Striped Skink (C. taeniolatus)
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