Yakka Skink
Egernia rugosa
Australia's Threatened Species Category
Vulnerable
Listed since: 29/04/2014
IUCN's Threatened Species Category
Least Concern
Listed since: 13/06/2017
Population trend: Decreasing
Other names: None
Priority species? No
The Australian government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 selected over 100 priority species derived from consultation with threatened species experts and the wider community. While all species are important, focusing on a limited number of species can help target effort and resources so that outcomes can be achieved, measured and shared.
Description
The Yakka Skink is a pale fawn reptile growing to 40cm. The Yakka Skink is known to occur in open dry sclerophyll forest, woodland and scrub with the core habitat of this species within the Mulga Lands and Brigalow Belt South Bioregions. The Yakka Skink is omnivorous, consuming soft plant materials and fruits and a wide variety of invertebrates (beetles, grasshoppers and spiders) that venture into or near the burrow entrance.
Threats
The threats to the Yakka Skink is habitat reduction and degradation, removal of microhabitats (rocks, logs, dense leaf litter) and predation by foxes and feral cats.
Quollity Conservation Hub's Overall Priority Score
Average life span:
Unknown
Number of young produced each year:
Unknown
Number of breeding events each year:
Unknown
Minimum sexual maturity age:
Unknown
Who is helping
Useful links for more detailed information on this species
DCCEEW - Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
SPRAT - DCCEEW Species Profile and Threats Database