Tryon's Skink
Silvascincus tryoni
Family Scincidae
Endangered — QLD: Endangered
About
Silvascincus tryoni, also known commonly as the Border Ranges blue-spectacled skink and the forest skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the McPherson Range bordering New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
How to spot it
Silvascincus tryoni can grow to 104 mm (4.1 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL). It has well-defined, dark transverse dorsal markings on a light to mid-brown background.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Lamington National Park (Binna Burra) — South East Queensland hikes
Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Silvascincus tryoni
Photo via iNaturalist Australia (CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)), collected by nhaass