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Habitat:

this "little dragon" (+/- 15cm) is living in the bushes around our house in Malang, East Java, Indonesia.

1 Species ID Suggestions

SamMcNally
SamMcNally 12 years ago
Scincidae Skink


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9 Comments

duncaken001
duncaken001 7 years ago

Looks like a combination of a legless lizard and caecilian

Goddefroy
Goddefroy 10 years ago

Related to the legless sand lizards

Amazing combination!

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 10 years ago

Looks like Brachymeles sp.
http://eol.org/pages/34917/media?page=1

travellingchez
travellingchez 11 years ago

Hi bisa add spottingnya ke mission reptiles and amphibians of Indonesia http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1756...

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

yes it is skink Audina, indeed he was seldom seen. There have been people who think he is a snake-legged or salamanders. but indeed he is a reptile... :)
I'm sure not poisonous, Ilya.. it's just rarely seen lizards in my place. :))

Ilya Bezdelev
Ilya Bezdelev 12 years ago

Is it venomous?

AudinaPermana
AudinaPermana 12 years ago

is it skink ? wow, i thought he was an eel legged ..

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

thanks SamMcNally.. , before this I never saw it in our neighborhood .. these animals into our homes on a rainy night, so I put it in a box, then in the morning I pull this animal in the grass in front of our house...

Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

Spotted on May 1, 2011
Submitted on Jun 1, 2011

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