Steve spotted this Burton's Legless Lizard about 50 metres below our entry on McGuinness Road as we walked back up from plonking a bag of garbage in the garbage dumpster. This is my first record of this species here and to be honest I guess I wasn't expecting it. However, when I think about it there is good habitat for this species up on our neighbour Bill's property, amongst the sandstone rock outcrops. What a shame it had been squashed by a car - but of course if it hadn't I wouldn't have known that they existed here. I've only seen a handful in the wild, they eat skinks and have that long distinctive nose. Lialis burtonis for those Latinists among you.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Burton's Legless Lizard
Steve spotted this Burton's Legless Lizard about 50 metres below our entry on McGuinness Road as we walked back up from plonking a bag of garbage in the garbage dumpster. This is my first record of this species here and to be honest I guess I wasn't expecting it. However, when I think about it there is good habitat for this species up on our neighbour Bill's property, amongst the sandstone rock outcrops. What a shame it had been squashed by a car - but of course if it hadn't I wouldn't have known that they existed here. I've only seen a handful in the wild, they eat skinks and have that long distinctive nose. Lialis burtonis for those Latinists among you.
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