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Eastern Water Skink

Eulamprus quoyii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 1,094, February 872, March 874, April 541, May 107, June 24, July 39, August 310, September 825, October 970, November 854, December 971.
Australia7,481
New South Wales4,804
Queensland1,851
South Australia783
Other Territories29
Victoria13
Australian Capital Territory1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilySkinks · Scincidae
GenusWater Skinks · Eulamprus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Eastern Water Skink with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.