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Sabah Slender Skink
   

Photographed at Poring, Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

Family : SCINCIDAE
Species : Sphenomorphus sabanus
Size (snout to vent) : approx 6 cm
Size (total length) : approx 16 cm

References : H3

The medium-sized skinks of the genus Sphenomorphus are distributed throughout much of Southeast Asia, however S. sabanus is restricted to Borneo. 

The body of this species is brownish, and its throat and labials are flecked with yellow. The tail is darker and flecked blue-grey. This specimen was found at the entrance of a bat-filled cave near Poring, on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Its total length is around 18 cm.