Description
Light to dark golden brown above with numerous black flecks, sometimes with a pale dorsolateral line from eye to forelimb. Upper lateral area black with white flecks, lower lateral area greyish with black flecks. Anterior margin of the ear black. Under surface whitish with black blotches on throat and chin; abdomen and thighs of adults often bright yellow, some with pink throats. Body length up to 10.1 cm.
The Yellow-bellied Water Skink prefers rocky open habitats, usually near water, along the inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range. It feeds on invertebrates, small vertebrates and occasionally fruit. It is in active over winter and emerges in early spring. Females will give birth to up to eight live young.
Author credit: Ross Sadlier / Australian Museum
Other Names
Heatwole's water skink
Habitat
Wet and dry forests, bogs, open woodlands and heathlands.
Food
Omnivore
Range
Eastern 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: | Scincidae | | Genus: | Eulamprus | | Species: | heatwolei | | Common Name: | Yellow-bellied Water Skink |
Relatives in same Genus
Blue Mountain Water Skink (E. leuraensis)
Eastern Water Skink (E. quoyii)
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