Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
Lampropholis guichenoti
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Skinks)
- GenusLampropholis (Australian Sunskinks)
- SpeciesLampropholis guichenoti (Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink)
About the Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
The common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Additional common names for L. guichenoti include grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, and penny lizard.
The specific name, guichenoti, is in honor of French zoologist Antoine Alphonse Guichenot. In Australia, L. guichenoti is often seen in suburban gardens in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, but also is common across most of Southern Australia, Tasmania, and some of New South Wales.
L. guichenoti can grow to a maximum length, including its tail, of 14 cm (5.5 in), but the average total length is 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in). The average common garden skink lives for 2–3 years. It usually has a browny black colour and may appear a dark shade of red when bathing in the sun. The lighter its colour, the more energetic it is. It has small sharp teeth which easily slice through smaller prey. Even wild individuals are very docile, and rarely bite humans when touched or picked up.
The female pale-flecked garden sunskink has a yellowish, almost orange... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Flinders Chase
White's Rock-skink
Liopholis whitii
Lowlands Earless Skink
Hemiergis peronii
Shrubland Morethia Skink
Morethia obscura
Bull Skink
Liopholis multiscutata
Southeastern Slider
Lerista bougainvillii
Entrecasteaux's Skink
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink in Flinders Chase?
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sighting in Flinders Chase, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink in Flinders Chase?
April has the highest sighting rate for Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink in Flinders Chase in our monthly data.