A Golden Water Skink (Sphenomorphus Quoyii) is basking in a patch of sunlight on a fallen tree beside Badger Creek near Healesville in Victoria.

---

Water Skinks are usually found near water, as their name suggests. I think they find lots of juicy insects near the water.

---

Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Badger Weir Reserve near Healesville in Victoria, Australia
Photo credit: © GPNaturePhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: aus, australia, australian, background, badger, basking, blooded, cold, copy, creek, creekside, dark, fallen, forest, golden, gpnature, gpnaturephotos, healesville, lizard, log, native, nature, oz, patch, quoyii, reptile, reserve, skink, space, sphenomorphus, sun, sunlight, tree, vic, victoria, victorian, warming, water, waterside, weir, wildlife