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Dawson has or used to have 26 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Yakka 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.

Yakka Skink

Egernia rugosa

Status: Vulnerable

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

Egernia rugosa is found across 10 electorates.

The Yakka Skink is a pale fawn reptile growing to 40 cm. It has a broad dark brown to black stripe from nape to tail bordered on either side by a narrow, pale fawn back/side stripe. Dark brown to pale brown to reddish-brown scales on the flanks form a faintly variegated orange-brown pattern. The throat is cream-yellow in colour, with blackish flecks/spots, and the chest and abdomen are yellow-orange. This skink is often described as robust and around the same size as a Blue Tongue Lizard making it one of the largest skinks in sub-humid to semi-arid eastern Queensland.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes