Yakka skink

The yakka skink (Egernia rugosa) is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Brigalow Belt in Queensland in eastern Australia.^[2][3]

Yakka skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Egernia
Species:	E. rugosa
Binomial name
Egernia rugosa De Vis, 1888

It is listed as a vulnerable species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.^[4]

The yakka skink is brown with a dark stripe on its back and a paler, yellowy-orange underbelly. They live communally in burrows made of soil or wood mounds. Sometimes they take over abandoned rabbit holes. Each yakka skink's litter usually has two or three live babies. They are most active during the day, but are fairly retiring and return to their burrows if disturbed. Omnivores, they forage for insects but also eat fruits and soft leaves.^[5]