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Rainbow Skink (male)
Trachylepis margaritifera
-26.2131, 32.0034
Field Notes
Description:
A sun loving lizard with bright colours. Size of the biggest one I spotted was about 15 cm from head to tail.
Habitat:
I spotted them in High altitude mixed woodland, (prim. Acasia bushes) and grassland, as well as closer to a source of water at a lower atlitude woodland.
Notes:
Mabuya quinquetaeniata margaritifera, formerly a subspecies of Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (the Five-lined Mabuya, also known as the Rainbow Skink), was elevated to full species in 1998 and named Trachylepis margaritifera. (wikipedia) Male http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/34585020 (two weeks between the two spottings, dry season, 7 km between the places of the findings)
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PublishedJuly 18, 2013
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