Full grown adult searching forest floor leaf litter for its prey.
The same specimen showing the pale belly.
A young adult, measuring around 6 cm snout-to-vent. This specimen has a
series of dark and pale stripes along the dorsum. |
This moderately large
skink is terrestrial in habits, and occurs in lowland primary and secondary
rainforests up to 700 metres in elevation (possibly higher in Borneo). It
can also adapt to drier, heavily disturbed secondary habitats. As with other
'sun skinks' it may be found basking in the sun in forest clearings.
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The dorsal scales have a
trio of raised ridges or keels which give the skink its rough-skinned
appearance. |
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The species is best
identified by its robust body form, the broad pale-edged dark brown stripe
along the top of each flank, and the pale belly. The dorsal scales each have
three keels or raised ridges.
It feeds on a wide variety
of forest floor invertebrates including various insects.
The Rough-scaled Brown
Skink ranges from Sumatra, Borneo and adjacent smaller islands to Sulawesi
and parts of the southern Philippines.
All images from Tangkoko National Park,
North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Family : SCINCIDAE
Species : Mabuya rudis
Size (snout to vent) : 12 cm
Size (total length) : 34 cm
References : H3, H4 |
