African Striped Skink

Description:

There is a population of ± 10 to 15 living in my garden.

Habitat:

Common on garden walls, rockeries in the northern parts of South Africa.

Notes:

Skinks are generally carnivorous and in particular insectivorous. Typical prey includes flies, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Various species also eat earthworms, millipedes, snails, slugs, isopods, other lizards, and small rodents.