Common Name
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
Alternate name
Grass Skink, Garden Skink
Comment
Very common and widespread.
Stronghold population
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Historical abundance
Increasing
Local distribution
Widespread throughout in dry and wet eucalypt and melaleuca forests, rainforest edges and urban habitats. More common in disturbed areas
Known location
Runaway Bay, Biggera Waters, Southport, Labrador, Ashmore, Nerang, Bundall, Tallebudgera Valley, Coo
Other locality
Very common and widespread in open forest, farmland and gardens. Probably the most common reptile on the Gold Coast.
General ecology
Eucalypt forest, rainforest edges, paperbark forests, farms, parks, gardens.
Specific ecology
Bare ground or short grass for foraging; thick vegetation, rocks or logs for shelter.
Habitat comment
Benefits from disturbance, establishing very large populations in gardens, parks, farmland, and clearings in damp eucalypt forest. One of the most common vertebrates on the Gold Coast.
