Lizard

[starfleetbrat]

Saw this little lizard while I was out recently. I'm not 100% sure what kind of skink it is but I think it might be a Fence Skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus).
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/fence-skink/



Seen West of Sydney, Australia

Comments

[pauraque]

Cute little guy!

[yourlibrarian]

It reminds me of when I lived in Florida, lizards were everywhere! None here that I've ever seen.

[full_metal_ox]

Corroborating source: me, resident on the southern Gulf Coast for a year: what my neighborhood has out the kazoo are curlytails and the odd gecko. (Neither are indigenous to Florida, but it’s not as if I have grounds to fault them on that.)

[alchemicink]

What a cool lizard! The stripe is very eye-catching

[aflatmirror]

If you hadn't mentioned being in Australia, I would have totally taken him for one of the five-lined skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus) we have here in the eastern US! Funny how species on opposite sides of the world can look so similar.

[leecetheartist]

If you post it to iNaturalist Australia (Atlas of Living Australia) the folks there will soon id it for you, and you'll be helping with some citizen science.

[starfleetbrat]

thank you I will definitely do that! I love citizen science!

[leecetheartist]

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/home for your convenience :-) Let us know!

[cmcmck]

Wonderful! :o)

[weird]

I miss seeing lizards everywhere! They are such cute little things ❤️

[shirebound]

What a handsome little guy. I haven't seen a lizard since I lived in southern California. It was always fun to spot them.

[turlough]

What a cute and striking little fellow!

[scintilla10]

Aww, so cute! Thanks for sharing!

[adafrog]

Cute!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Lizards are so cute, and so very useful.