Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
REPTILIA
Family
SCINCIDAE
Genus
Ctenotus
Species
robustus
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Eastern Striped Skink
Alternate name
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Probably common and widespread.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Widespread lowland species of dry and wet eucalyptus and melaleuca forests and urban areas
Known location
Bundall, Nerang, Edens Landing, Labrador, Austinville, Advancetown, Southport, Southport Spit, Bonog
Other locality
This skink is probably common and widespread in open forest and heaths. A common skink in south east Queensland.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Eucalypt woodland, wallum heathland, farms, gardens.
Specific ecology
Likes soft soil for burrowing, but not dependant on this.
Habitat
Habitat comment
Able to adapt to urban gardens. Often found in bushland sheltering under junk.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
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