Lively Rainbow-skink, Tussock Rainbow-skink at Copmanhurst, NSW
Identification history
| Carlia vivax | 6 Mar 2025 | PatrickCampbell2 | ||
| Unidentified | 22 Feb 2025 | MazzV |
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User's notes
Looks like a reverse of what I thinks of as a copperhead, with it’s slate grey head to just short of the shoulders and a light brown & tan mottled pattern to the end of the tail, divided by a broad & plain light brown dorsal line from the grey neck to the vent region.
2 comments
PatrickCampbell2
wrote:
6 Mar 2025
Looks most like Carlia vivax in my opinion, based on what I can see (the image is not crisp) and nearby records.
@MazzV , you can confirm this by counting the number of toes on the front feet. If it's Carlia sp. as I strongly suspect, there should be only four toes on each front foot.
@MazzV , you can confirm this by counting the number of toes on the front feet. If it's Carlia sp. as I strongly suspect, there should be only four toes on each front foot.
MazzV
wrote:
8 Mar 2025
Thanks @Bushman, your information is ever helpful in culling my misconceptions. Love the distinguishing criteria tips, they are precious gems. Cheers, MazzV
Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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Collections
MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Skinks Reptiles and Frogs
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Carlia vivax Scientific name
- Lively Rainbow-skink, Tussock Rainbow-skink Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 83m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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