Morethia boulengeri

1 Boulenger's Skink at Thurgoona, NSW

Morethia boulengeri at Thurgoona, NSW - 18 Sep 2022 05:20 PM
Morethia boulengeri at Thurgoona, NSW - 18 Sep 2022 05:20 PM
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Identification history

Morethia boulengeri 23 Sep 2022 BrianLR
Cryptoblepharus pannosus 19 Sep 2022 ChrisAllen

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4 comments

KylieWaldon wrote:
   22 Sep 2022
hi Chris. did you select the right species? more like Morethia boulengeri?
ChrisAllen wrote:
   23 Sep 2022
I've had C. pannosus in the same area before and I'm pretty sure I'd uploaded it as M. boulengeri and had some correct me. But I definitely could have got it wrong haha.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   23 Sep 2022
I just looked up skinks on the Canberra website - I didn't realise there were so many species!
ChrisAllen wrote:
   25 Sep 2022
Looks like you were right haha. @BrianHerps could you please explain the difference between the species?

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  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Morethia boulengeri Scientific name
  • Boulenger's Skink Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 822.55m Recorded at altitude
  • 164 images trained Machine learning

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