Species:

Saproscincus czechurai

Czechura's Shade Skink

Some other names for this species:

Northern Shade Skink

February 10, 2003
Elinjaa Falls, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia
Czechura
Czechura

I saw a few of these little skinks in the splash zone of a small creek dribbling down the hillside a few yards from Elinjaa Falls proper. They seemed quite at home with wet bodies, almost like salamanders. They also had a pretty iridescent sheen that you can just make out in the head of the second picture here.

This skink was formerly included in the genus Lampropholis.

Here is a complete list of the reptiles and frogs I saw on this trip to Australia.