Keeled Indian Mabuya

Eutropis carinata is poisonous if tail is red in colour as alarming for its predators. Also its has numerous hunters .

Another little different specie from India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutropis_mu...

We also called it Brahminy Skink (Mabuya carinata)

Thanks for sharing this Karthik!!!

Trivia: reptile's called 'paamburaani' in Tamil. The other well known part about the creature's nature is it is notoriously forgetful: it approaches a person with the intention of biting(or stinging or licking?) and just as it is about to do the act it forgets its intention and returns! A blessing for human beings as this trait saves them from death by poison.
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Keeled Indian Mabuya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutropis_ca...