Skink ID from VIC

[fdusoulier]

Hello,

I have found this skink in Wilson's Promontory NP (VIC) in November 2009. I could not find what it was on the field but now I have looked at it more carefully with a book, I think it could be an Acritoscincus duperreyi (Eastern Three-lined Skink). Could you please confirm my ID?

I have hesitated with the genus Niveoscincus that shares the same scale patterns on the head.





Thanks,

François

 

[Bushman]

Yes, it looks like an Eastern Three-lined Skink (Acritoscincus duperreyi) to me.
Reasons being it appears to have fused frontoparietals with a reduced interparietal and nasals moderately widely separated, all of which puts it in Acritoscincus. Patterning and location indicate duperreyi.
It's a relatively pale specimen compared to some I've seen and it looks like a female, as there's no hint of orange-red flush on throat.

 

[eipper]

Def Acritoscincus dupreyii. The only two Niveoscincus in that area look nothing like that

 

[fdusoulier]

Thanks for your confirmation.

Have a good day,

F