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This slender-bodied skink,
possibly a species of Sphenomorphus, was found on moss-covered rocks
at the side of a road-cutting in the hot noonday sun..
Adjacent habitat was primary forest in an area of limestone karst, at an
elevation of around 800 metres.
The skink measures around 4 cm snout-to-vent length (SVL), and the
tail is around 1.4 times SVL. It appeared to be hunting for insect prey, but
showed no interest in a black ant just centimetres from its jaws (see Fig
1).
The dorsum of this brown skink is attractively patterned with narrow, broken
bands of pale yellow-brown, and there are numerous pale blue spots on the
flank and sides of the head. |
