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Ocellated Skink

Chalcides ocellatus

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Description:

I never could see the whole animal he always kept hidden, but had a forked tongue just like a snake

Species ID Suggestions

Ocellated Skink

Chalcides sepsoides
JuanEstebanCGartner
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Ocellated Skink

Chalcides ocellatus

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DonnaBollenbach
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Comments (1)
LisaPowers
This is a skink (type of lizard). It may be Chalcides ocellatus. But I am not familiar enough with Israeli fauna to be 100% sure.

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