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Ocellated Skink

Chalcides ocellatus

Description:

I never could see the whole animal he always kept hidden, but had a forked tongue just like a snake

2 Species ID Suggestions

Ocellated Skink
Chalcides ocellatus Chalcides ocellatus
Ocellated Skink
Chalcides sepsoides


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1 Comment

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 11 years ago

This is a skink (type of lizard). It may be Chalcides ocellatus. But I am not familiar enough with Israeli fauna to be 100% sure.

מועצה אזורית רמת נגב, מחוז הדרום, Israel

Spotted on Jun 13, 2008
Submitted on Apr 13, 2013

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