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Ballarat has or used to have 22 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Corangamite Water Skink.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Corangamite Water Skink

Eulamprus tympanum marnieae

Status: Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Eulamprus tympanum marnieae is found across 2 electorates.

An olive-brown reptile growing to 80mm with head variegated with black and scattered black scales on the back, a broad, dark upper side zone from below the eye to the base of the tail, scattered small white/cream spots, whitish lower flanks with scattered black scales, white belly, limbs variegated with black and throat spotted with black.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Changed surface and groundwater regimes