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Spotting

Description:

looks like a Newt

Habitat:

wet places , Hide in dark cool wet places . black shiny dark colour

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5 Comments

kpparakrama
kpparakrama 9 years ago

it has legs FakawiTribe

FakawiTribe
FakawiTribe 9 years ago

looks more like a skink? legless lizard?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

is anything similar found in california?

kpparakrama
kpparakrama 9 years ago

thanx @AshleyT

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

This is a skink, and should be in the reptiles category. If you zoom in you can see the scales, which an amphibbian would not have. I believe it is a dark individual of Lankascincus taprobanensis, the Ceylon tree skink, but not sure of that.

kpparakrama
Spotted by
kpparakrama

Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Feb 2, 2015
Submitted on Feb 2, 2015

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