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Photo by MudWiggle
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized skink, dark olive dorsal, bright orange to cream ventral, lighters spots speckled along the side.

Habitat:

seen in urban garden.

Notes:

is he Trachylepis?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
MudWiggle
Yes, I thought that too. Actually these guys were all over this garden, I got the impression they are extremely common. I thought he was the same speckled lipped skink that I had seen in Tanga, but looking closer I think the orange is quite strong and he is different... but not sure.. Definitely cute!
Jellis
close to Trachylepis maculilabris, but still not a match
Jellis
That is an interesting lizard. At first glance I was thinking salamader, then skink. But to find that combination of orange under, dark above and large white specks ist difficult. Nice spotting

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PublishedJanuary 15, 2016

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