Common Name
Striped Snake-eyed Skink
Comment
Common and widespread in woodland and gardens.
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
Increasing
Local distribution
Widespread throughout in melaleuca, heath and dry and wet eucalypt forest. Very common in urban habitats. Largely arboreal
Known location
Runaway Bay, Biggera Waters, Southport, Labrador, Ashmore, Nerang, Bundall, Tallebudgera Valley, Coo
Other locality
Common and widespread in woodland and gardens. This skink benefits from some clearing. A familiar urban animal, often seen on fences and walls.
General ecology
Woodland, parks, farms, gardens.
Specific ecology
Likes an open canopy allowing plenty of sunshine to reach the tree trunks and logs on which it lives.
Habitat comment
Reaches its highest numbers in suburban gardens where it lives on fences, telegraph poles and walls. One of eastern Australia's most common and widespread reptiles.
