Ctenotus taeniolatus
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Copper-tailed Skink
![Copper-tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)](../images/herps/standard/15100406PD_skink.jpg)
Australia has over a hundred Ctenotus species, but youngsters of this species are easy to identify due to their brightly colored tails. I noticed this particular individual hunting little bugs just twenty feet or so from a colony of Cunningham's Skinks that I was trying to photograph.
Printed references:
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition
- Wilson, S. and Swan, G. 2017. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fifth Edition