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DARK FLECKED GARDEN SUNSKINK
Delicate Garden Skink, Rainbow Skink or Plague Skink
Lampropholis delicata
This species (Australian native)is also found in Hawaii and New Zealand where it is an invasive species known as the Rainbow Skink or Plague Skink

Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata
The photo of a Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) above was taken in Port Macquarie, NSW


Approximate distribution of the Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata
Approximate distribution of the Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata)
(Feral populations also occur in Hawaii and new Zealand)

The Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) is a very common species in many areas of Australia


photo of Lampropholis delicata above was taken at Warriewood
The photo of a Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) above was taken at Warriewood, NSW



This photo of a Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) above was taken at Hunts Creek Reserve in the Sydney Region, NSW



Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Hunts Creek Reserve in the Sydney Region, NSW


Lampropholis delicata
The photo of a Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) above was taken at Worongary on the Gold Coast, Queensland



Dark-flecked Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed in the Canberra region, ACT

Lampropholis delicata
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Perigian Beach on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Lampropholis delicata
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Noosa Spit on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland


Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Maleny, Queensland
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Maleny, Queensland


Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Hunts Creek Reserve in the Sydney Region, NSW
Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) photographed at Hunts Creek Reserve in the Sydney Region, NSW


Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink Lampropholis delicata Reptiles of Australia
Dark-flecked Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis delicata) may drop their tails (as shown in this photo) extremely easily.


See also the Common Grass Skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) which it is often confused with, as both species vary in patterning, and may occur in the same areas.

LINKS OF INTEREST
Plague skink / rainbow skink Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888)
The New Zealand Herpetological Society

The Rainbow Skink, Lampropholis delicata, in Hawaii
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