Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Skink Goes Crawlin'.........උරගෙයක් හදුනා ගනිමු
I used to see these lizards around my old place in Panadura quite a lot, but during the near six years I've been in Kurunegala, I've seen them only twice. This particular one you see in the photos was on a palm tree trunk near the tank of Kurunegala, my second siting of this reptile in this area. I searched online for identifying this one, and it seems to be a Common Skink/ Eutropis carinata lankae/සුලබ හිකනලා, an endemic subspecies.
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Gorgeous colors!! What a cool body shape... Great captures!
ReplyDeleteNice sharp captures! Thanks for the ID too!
ReplyDeleteEarlier we used to see lots of them around my area, but recently I didn’t spot any. Could be their losing the ground as well :(
Hi Amaris, Many many thanks for your appreciation of my work!
ReplyDeleteHi Anjana, Thanks pal,I think habitat loss is the main reason for the decline of the animals we see around.
ReplyDeleteNice shots!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteHi ladyfi and Iowa Gardening Woman ,Welcome to my blog and many thanks for the feed back!
ReplyDeletehe looks almost iridescent.
ReplyDeleteand his little feet are so cute!
Hi Violetsky,Yep,I find 'em to be among the coolest reptiles around too. Nice seeing you on my blog!
ReplyDeleteYes, they are getting rarer, in my childhood we used to see them frequently.
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