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Photo by JackBucknell
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Field Notes

Description:

Skink. Had a white underbelly, hazel colour eyes, scales look a lot like armadillo plating, dark brown dots down a light brown back.

Habitat:

Found in an old old quarry/canyon land. atop a pile of flat stones.

Species ID Suggestions

Hoesch's skink, Hoesch's Mabuya

Trachylepis hoeschi

Reference Link
Scott Frazier
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Comments (4)
staccyh
I was just taking a wild guess :P I'm not great with reptiles.
JackBucknell
Thanks! Wedge-shouted skinks have much shorter legs as far as I know!
staccyh
Is this maybe a Wedge-snouted Skink (Trachylepis acutilabris)?
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2013

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