This specimen from Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia (elevation
= 1000 metres) lives inside the hollow trunk of a fallen tree, emerging
by day to warm itself in the weak sunlight penetrating the forest
canopy.
Sheltering in a disused burrow this adult specimen has an
estimated total length of 20 cm. Found at Fraser's Hill,
Peninsular Malaysia at an elevation of 900 metres.
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The Blotched Forest Skink
is a shy, elusive species of montane rainforests. By day it may be found
searching amongst leaf litter and forest floor debris, but it is quick to
flee and into crevices or burrows if disturbed.
Dorsally it is dark brown, reddish brown or dark olive-green, and the
flanks are mottled. Along the anterior art of the flanks are two or three
distinctive, dark blotches. The ventral surface is more pale, sometimes pale
yellow. The snout is short, the eyes relatively large, and the lips mottled.
This is an uncommon to rare species, with a distribution limited to forested
mountain areas with elevations of over 800 metres in Southern Thailand
and Peninsular Malaysia.
Family : SCINCIDAE
Species : Sphenomorphus praesignis
Size (snout to vent) : 11 cm
Size (total length) : 25 cm
References : H1, H3
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