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Basic information
Egernia striolata
Tree Skink
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilySkinks
GenusSpiny-tailed skinks
- English name
- Tree Skink
- Alternative names
- Tree-crevice Skink
- Synonyms
- Tropidolepisma dorsale, Tropidolepisma striolatum
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Saxicolous
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 119 mm
- Body mass
- max 38 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~2.3 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 51 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 15 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
- Body temperature
- 30.2–32.7 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 2–6 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6DWYD · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 13626 · dryad-v5