Bayside Native of the day: The Common Garden Skink
We love these little guys but what do you skink?
As we celebrate World Wildlife day on Friday 3 March, we present today's Bayside Native - the Common Garden Skink 🦎
Common Name: Common Garden Skink
Latin Name: Lampropholiis guichenoti
This little grey-brown or olive-brown skink maybe be a regular visitor to Bayside gardens. Usually with a dark brown stripe down its back and sides from the neck to tail with a silvery grey belly, these small native skinks feed on small invertebrates including crickets, moths, slaters, earthworms, flies, grubs and caterpillars, grasshoppers, cockroaches, earwigs, slugs, small spiders, ladybeetles, ants and many other small insects, which makes them a very useful animal around the garden.
Garden Skinks are diurnal (active during the day) and can often be found basking or foraging among leaf litter and rock piles.
Learn more about planting a wildlife friendly garden in our ‘Live Bayside, Plant Bayside’ booklet.
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Photo by: John Eichler
