Southern Water Skink. The Southern Water Skink is endemic to Australia. It is viviparous – gives birth to live young.

Southern Water Skink. The skink usually lives near small creeks, hunting for small prey such as invertebrates, tadpoles, snails, small frogs and other small skinks.

Southern Water Skink. Sometimes this native skink can easily be attracted to a home garden by the addition of a small ground-level water pool.