cyclodomorphus michaeli

G'day this skink was found in our yard( Wollongong ) I have never seen one here before. I'm thinking it may be a worm skink any thoughts he's happily living in a front garden. I thinks he burrows under the mulch. He has a good temprement will let you pick him up. His body is very long and legs...

Hey all. I flew up to NSW last week for some herping around the Hunter Valley with a few mates. After getting off the plane, we went for a poke around some spots in Newcastle. First finds were a young Marsh Snake and She-oak Skink. Marsh Snake (Hemiaspis signata) by Matt Clancy Wildlife...

Ok so these were actually taken the past two days, but I'm posting it today ;) Enjoy. Anyone who wants to find me Delma plebeia in the Hunter, let me know, I don't think they exist. :P Around the garden enjoying spring. Intellegama lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr Intellegama...

So I really haven't been herping much recently but have been poking around a couple places for other things, and did photograph some She-oaks last tuesday. Here's some pics from the past couple weeks. Baby She-oak is cute. Cyclodomorphus michaeli by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr Cyclodomorphus...

My girlfriends friend said this little critter was in her shed. She snapped a photo for an Id then let it back out where it was. Roughly 25-30cm long total length. Found around Sydney area.

Scales & Tails Australia Issue 25 (September 2012) has now been posted to subscribers. Newsagencies and stockists will have their copies at the end of the week (Qld) and beginning to middle of next week in other states. Here's just a couple of the great articles: The main is on The Mainland...

This was sited at jervis bay, Has is your ID skills - any serious guesses

hi i got two little beautiful baby sheoaks yesterday and they are so amazing! there are a a couple of pics^ heaps more to come :D they have such awesome personalities! thankyou :D

Hey just wondering if you could help Identify this little bloke any input would be great

The impending move of my blueys nt an outdoor pit has me contemplating what to do with my six foot tank and I'd love som ideas or even pics if anyone has any of small critters who will live happily ia colony type arrangement.they don't have to be stunning, I have a lot of interest in lovely...

There was a little bit of interest coming out of Michaels http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/general-reptile-discussion-42/colour-159804/ thread for a bit of a guide to field herping. I thought it would be a good idea to help some people get started. In this thread I’ll talk about some of the...

Scientific Name Cyclodomorphus michaeli Common Name Mainland She-Oak Skink Age Unknown *** Male Size 12cm SVL. Around 25cm total length Quantity Available 1 Price $200 Bred By General Description A lovely olive/yellow colour with some rusty hues on the...

I was bushwalking yesterday and spotted what at first i thought was a small snake, it was around 8inchs long, it slithered off like a snake when i got close to it, but then it un-tucked its legs and walked off once it realized i wasnt coming after it.. I think it was trying to mimic a snake...

Here are photos of various plants and animals from the Wollongong region. These photos were mostly taken from late summer to autumn. I have not been out all that much recently due to work commitments. A shot of typical habitat near Wollongong. The coastal forest is damp with eucalyptus...

Hey all, Ive been seeing so many threads out there showing off snakes and other reptiles and i cant seem to find one showing off skinks, I just love my little Sand Swimmer and would love to see everyone elses Sand Swimmers or skinks that they have !

I did some more Herping today and ended up being a really good day. I when't to one of my herping spots and when first got there we saw numbers of Eastern Water Skinks, Eastern Water Dragons, Copper- Tailed Skinks i didn't bother with photographing them. I ended up with a pic of Two Eastern...

Spring is here and on Friday, I heard the raucous calls of Channel-billed Cuckoos for the first time this season (see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Channel-billed_Cuckoo_Sep07_kobble.jpg/580px-Channel-billed_Cuckoo_Sep07_kobble.jpg). This is a great time of the year...

SCINCIDAE -- Skinks This is the most diverse and abundant family of reptiles in Australia. Members of this family have adapted to virtually all habitats and may be found from tide pools to alpine areas. They range from a tiny islet south of Tasmania up through the Torres Strait Islands north...

Hi everyone, Hot enough for you all? Gotta love A/C! Question: "Is it normal for a Cyclodomorphus michaeli's vent to stay very much open LONG after its already crapped? never noticed this before and the other skink's seems to be very much shut...???" Can anyone shed some light on this subject...

I'm looking to buy these skinks. Hatchies,juvi, or adult: Cyclodomorphus michaeli - Cyclodomorphus casuarinae - Cyclodomorphus gerrardii Cheers. Jimmy

Hiya, Just came across a lizard about 25cm long that looked like & moved like a brown snake in Upper Blue Mountains, NSW. All brown with no pattern, and scales v. similar to a brown snake. It was slightly lighter than the local brown snakes. No distinct tail - the body merged into the...

Hi, This afternoon i was at a relatives house at Swansea having a few beers and i heard something moving through the garden so naturally i went and checked out what it was and it was a Northern she-oak skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli) So i grabbed her. She done alot of hissing and trying to bite...

Hi, I'm on the look out for Cyclodomorphus michaeli. Please PM me if you can help. Thanks Bob

This has been a good year so far for finding reptiles in Wollongong. Overall, the weather has been cool and fairly wet, but there have been enough warm days mixed in to bring out the snakes and lizards. Here are a few shots of Wollongong and the surrounding areas where I search. Wollongong...

Here is the first of two posts of herps that I have seen near Wollongong, NSW, in the last three years. The habitat near Wollongong consists mostly of wet eucalyptus forest on the slopes of the escarpment with isolated patches of rainforest in some of the protected gullies. There is heath on...

I saved this girl off the back of a truck as she was stuck in between some pallets, lucky she was not injured. I moved the pallets and put her in a box till we had finished unloading the truck. She was a little thirsty and looked quit fat, to my surprise when we got back to her she had dropped...

I found this little guy today & got some pics in the hope someone can ID him.I have never seen one before so would love to know what it is.I'm in the mid Blue Mountains.Cheers:)

You proberly havn't heard of this guy before, they are very rare and are listed on the IUCN red list ( http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=5106 ). As you can see, these two are trying to take the species off the list