Southern Water Skink

Southern Water Skink

Taxobox
name = Southern Water Skink
status = LC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Eulamprus"
species = "E. tympanum"
binomial = "Eulamprus tympanum"
binomial_authority = (Lönnberg and Andersson)
synonyms = "Sphenomorphus tympanum"

The Southern Water Skink ("Eulamprus tympanum") is a medium-sized (maximum snout-vent length c.100 mm) species of skink that is endemic to Australia. They are found in Victoria as well as on Tasmania's Rodondo Island in Bass Strait. They are viviparous; mating in spring, and giving birth in mid to late summer. They usually live near small creeks, seeking small prey such as invertebrates, tadpoles, small frogs and other small skinks. [ [http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/LJEM-5UCTWQ?open DPIW: Native plants and animals – Southern Water Skink] ] [ [http://museumvictoria.com.au/forest/animals/water_skink.html Museum Victoria: Forest Secrets – Southern Water Skink] ] Cogger, H.G. (1979). "Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia". Reed: Sydney. ISBN 0-589-50108-9]

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