Image: Albino skink
Albino skink
- Photographer:
- Jill Dark
- Rights:
- © Jill Dark
- Common name:
- Cunninghams skink
- Scientific name:
- Egernia cunninghami
- Family:
- Scincidae
- Order:
- Squamata (Sauria)
Additional information
This lizard is usually found around large rock outcrops, sheltering in crevices or under large slabs of rock. The ridged backward-facing scales of the lower body and tail make it difficult for predators to extract the lizards from rock crevices. The adults are mainly herbivorous, eating flowers, berries, shoots and leaves. Juveniles are mostly insect eaters. This species is found from southern Queensland to western Victoria.
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