Cunningham's Skink
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 Cunningham's Skink in Southern ACT
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| Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) |
Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami) is a large skink species native to southeastern Australia. It can reach up to 30 cm in length, and may be confused with blue-tongued lizards. They have a distinctive keel on each scale, which gives them a slightly spiny appearance. It prefers to live on rocky outcrops in woodland, and is a diurnal omnivore.
Like some other reptiles the species it is viviparous, giving birth to six or more live young in a litter.
[edit] References
- Australian Faunal Directory. Egernia cunninghami
- Museum of Victoria. Cunningham's Skink fact sheet
