Morethia boulengeri (Boulenger's Skink)
Body colour grey-brown with a black lateral stripe bordered below by a white stripe. Breeding males have an orange throat and juveniles often have reddish tails. Scales above the eyes are square-shaped. Snout-vent length: 50 mm. Boulneger's Skink is one of the most common species found in the area, ranging from urban gardens, river red gum forests, grasslands, open woodland and dry forests where it shelters beneath fallen timber, exfoliating bark of tree stumps, leaf litter, debris and surface rocks. Boulenger’s skink is capable of reproducing three times per year. In areas with abundant fallen timber, the species reaches densities as high as 200 per hectare.
Morethia boulengeri is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga
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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
Location information
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Maps
Albury ANBG Aranda Bushland Bicentennial Park Black Mountain Block 402 Brindabella National Park Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Callum Brae Cooleman Ridge Cotter Reserve Crace Grasslands Cuumbeun Nature Reserve Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Dryandra St Woodland Dunlop Grasslands Eight Mile Creek Farrer Ridge Gigerline Nature Reserve Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Googong Foreshore Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gossan Hill Gungaderra Grasslands Hall Horse Paddocks Hamilton Valley Hill Harcourt Hill Hughes Garran Woodland Illilanga & Baroona Jerrabomberra Grassland Kaleen Horse paddocks (North) Kama Lower Molonglo Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mount Pleasant Mount Taylor Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Nadjung Mada NR Nail Can Hill Namadgi National Park Norris Hill O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Piney Ridge Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Red Light Hill Reserve Rugosa Sherwood Forest Stirling Park Stony Creek Swamp Creek The Pinnacle Tuggeranong Hill Urambi Hills Urana Road Bushland Reserves Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wanniassa Hill Wodonga Woodstock Nature Reserve WREN Reserves Wright Park and Old Sydney Road Reserve -
Survey points
Point 4999 -
Places
Ainslie, ACT Dunlop, ACT Greenway, ACT Hall, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW
