Cool-temperate Water Skink
Eulamprus tympanum
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,835
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The southern water skink, cool-temperate water-skink, highland water skink, or Dreeite water skink (Eulamprus tympanum) is a medium-sized (maximum snout-vent length c. 100 mm) species of skink that is endemic to Australia. These skinks are found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria as well as on Tasmania's Rodondo Island in the Bass Strait. They are viviparous, mating in spring, and giving birth to live young in mid to late summer.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Southern water skink”.