Lampropholis delicata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Lampropholis
- Species
- Lampropholis delicata
- Scientific Name
- Lampropholis delicata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lampropholis delicata
Lampropholis delicata, the delicate skink, dark-flecked garden sun skink, garden skink, delicate garden skink, rainbow skink or plague skink, or the metallic skink is native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand and Hawaii where it is commonly found in gardens. The species is known for their color dimorphism between males and females; striped morphs and non-striped morphs exist in this species, however the stripe is less pronounced in males. This species' diet consists of a wide range of prey, such as spiders, bees, larvae, and termites. Mating occurs in the late summer and generally one clutch of 2 to 4 eggs are laid per year by each female.
...Lampropholis delicata in languages:
- English
- Rainbow Skink
- English
- Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
- English
- Metallic Skink
- English
- Delicate Skink
- English
- Delicate Garden Skink
- English
- Plague skink
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lampropholis adonis
- Lampropholis amicula
- Lampropholis bellendenkerensis
- Lampropholis caligula
- Lampropholis coggeri
- Lampropholis colossus
- Lampropholis couperi
- Lampropholis delicata
- Lampropholis elliotensis
- Lampropholis elongata
- Lampropholis guichenoti
- Lampropholis mirabilis
- Lampropholis robertsi
- Lampropholis similis































































































































































