Southern Rainbow Skink

Artist: Steven Sass
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Southern Rainbow Skink

This amazing lizard is aptly named, very colourful. This individual is a male, and was photographed in a great woodland remnant east of Culairn, in southern NSW, Australia.

Southern Rainbow Skink belongs to the following groups:

Animal Kingdom, Cards - Best of the Best, Happy Haven, National Parks of the World, Rural NSW and Wild Nature Photography & Writing

ftruckgirl, 5 months ago

wonderful capture
velveteagle, 5 months ago

This is such a good looking fellow.. Well done Steven..
Steven Sass, 5 months ago

thanks
Dennis Gay IPA, 5 months ago

G’day Steven,

This is a wonderful shot of this very interesting and attractive skink.

Technically you have photographed it extremely well with very good exposure in that lovely soft light, a very good use of depth of field, super focus, a good angle of shot, lovely natural colours and very pleasing contrasts.

Aesthetically you would do well to crop this image to a square crop, which always works well with diagonals. This would give this colourful llizard much more prominence in the frame and eliminate a lot of unnecessary space. (Just a thought).

A great specimen, very well spotted and nicely photographed.

GB
Dennis
Steven Sass, 5 months ago

Thanks Dennis, I will give it a go later tonight.
Belinda Piffero, 4 months ago

Oh he is beautiful!

The square crop works fantastically Steve :)
GailD, 4 months ago

What gorgeous colours. I don’t think I have seen one of these. Great shot.
Dennis Gay IPA, 4 months ago

G’day again Steve,

Looks good to me mate!

GB
Dennis
Steven Sass in reply to GailD’s comment, 4 months ago

Hi GailD, they are great little skinks, live amongst leaf litter in woodlands. Only the males have the amazing blue.
Steven Sass in reply to GailD’s comment, 4 months ago

I just realised from your profile that you were from Cootamundra. I have seen heaps of these guys out at Bethungra, at the reserve near the dam. You will have to go looking!
AnnM, 4 months ago

Beautiful coloring. Do I sound repetative? Sorry cant help it. You take an amazing photo.
Steven Sass in reply to AnnM’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks again.
Rosina Lamberti, 4 months ago

wow he is so cute,amazing shot
Sharon Wormleaton, 4 months ago

Wow…this is a new one…didn’t know about these beautiful skinks. You have some great reptile shots
Steven Sass in reply to Sharon Wormleaton’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Sharon, You are probably a bit far west, although I did find these guys in Cocoparra NP a few years ago, but its an outlier population. More common east of Narranderra, and even more common around Wagga.

Glad he caught your eye!
Sharon Wormleaton, 4 months ago

Ah cool….I do venture over Wagga wat sometimes. I have been to Cocoparra a few months ago but it was the middle of winter so no chance of seeing a lizard or skink. I don’t think they are into the 10 degree weather….neither am I
SharonD, 4 months ago

Great focus Steven.I’ve never seen one.
Steven Sass in reply to SharonD’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks very much SharonD. This species is common on the western slopes of the great dividing range in box gum woodlands, especially where there are a few rock outcrops. They also dont really like heavily grazed areas, so steer clear of farms where heavy grazing occurs if you are interested in looking for this one.
Phil Threlfall, 4 months ago

This is a magic magic photo.
Lizspittall, 4 months ago

Wow, great shot. You must visit some amazing places, I’m envious! Some great shots in your portfolio.
Andrew Clinkab..., 3 months ago

Great photo and I love the comments by Dennis Gay, there should be more of that on Red Bubble!
JeffStockton, 3 months ago

A great capture Steven,the detail of the Skink & the texture of the tree makes for a nicely framed
piece of work
Steven Sass in reply to Phil Threlfall’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks so much Phil!
Steven Sass in reply to Lizspittall’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks very much. My days at work are most days awesome!
Steven Sass in reply to Andrew Clinkaberry’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks Andrew, yes so true, the image came up much better!
Steven Sass in reply to JeffStockton’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks Jeff. I appreciate your comments.
Carla Jandelle..., 3 months ago

oh isn’t he handsome! do the side colors show the fem/male difference? he looks like he’s smiling!
GINGER BARRITT, 3 months ago

Oh, really nice shot.
Steven Sass in reply to Carla Jandelle Petters’s comment, 3 months ago

the female will also show the orang flank striped, but much lighter, and only the male shows the blue, and only in breeding season. Thanks for your comment.
Steven Sass in reply to GINGER BARRITT’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks Ginger!
chriso, 3 months ago

Great capture. Wonderful focus and framing. The square crop works really well.
Steven Sass in reply to chriso’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks chriso, it worked out very well!