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[Shane V]

Whites Skink is a beautiful little lizard with rows of white dots along it. They grow to about 80-85 mm in length.

They live in burrows usually dug underneath logs and rocks and sometimes in sandy soil. They are prminantly found in Northern and Eastern Tasmannia.

They are very slow growing taking about three years to grow 50mm, in captivity. They can live to be at least 8 and a half years old.

One to five babies are born in February and they can range from 35mm to 40 mm at birth. They eat small invetabrates from spiders to milliepedes.

These guys are very shy so we only got a couple of shots of him. he was at Doras Point, near St Helens on the North east Coast.

[tassie97]

I have one in a tank in my room ATM pretty cool

[dave]

nice one Shane, the fellers in our yard at the moment would eat him up!

[Mystic]

tassie97, on 03 January 2011 - 02:09 PM, said:

I have one in a tank in my room ATM pretty cool

Very cool. Gorgeous little creature.

[Shane V]

They are gorgeous little critters. You tell the fellers in your yard to leave em alone Dave or else

[Mayhem]

Hi guys! Just wondering if this little fella is a Whites skink? Found in southern Tas in the hills behind Collinsvale. Awesome reason to fire up the reptile tank!

[Mystic]

Hiya mayhem and welcome to the community

Looks like a white's skink, but hard to be certain from that angle.Nice shot btw

[Shane V]

Hi mayhem and welcome to Real Tas...cool critter. It does look like one but not really sure. Cool shot though thanks for sharing.

[Mayhem]

Cheers guys! Here is another shot. What other species of skink have similar markings? I have a place here that has an abundance of skinks and lizards not so commonly seen. I used to keep snakes and other reptiles in QLD. After finding this little guy and many others, i think i may have to gather a few different tasmanian skink species

[Shane V]

I honestly wouldn't know Mayhem...I just take pix of them when I see them and then go to google to see if I can find them

[Mystic]

Nice shot Mayhem. Think you may be right about the ID, but I am no expert will ask someone who is to take a look at this thread though

[Mystic]

Got a response on this and YES it is a white's skink, but you should put some dirt in for it as they like to dig