Keeled Indian Mabuya

About the Keeled Indian Mabuya

Eutropis carinata, commonly known as the keeled Indian mabuya, many-keeled grass skink or (ambiguously) "golden skink", is a species of skink found in South Asia. Body robust; snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelids scaly; vertebral scales smooth. Ear-opening roundish, sub-triangular. Brown to olive or bronze in color above, uniform or with dark-brown or black spots, or longitudinal streaks along the lateral margins of the scales. Sides are dark-brown or chestnut, with or without light spots. A light dorso-lateral line starting from above the eye and continued to the base of the tail. Lower parts whitish or yellowish. Maximum length: 37 cm. and Common length: 25, in which Snout-vent length is 9 cm.

The Sri Lankan lankae is now treated as a full species, Eutropis lankae. Frequently found in Bangladesh, India (except in the North-West), Maldives, Myanmar, & Nepal and Possibly in Bhutan. Diurnal, and terrestrial, frequently seen basking or foraging in open areas. Crickets, caterpillars, beetles, and earthworms and even small vertebrates are known to be consumed.

Oviparous; clutches of 2-20 eggs... Wikipedia →