Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820)

Cook-Price, Dawn R., Makchai, Sunchai, Naithani, Archana, Pawangkhanant, Parinya & Suwanwaree, Pongthep, 2025, Lizard survey of Ko Pha-gnan in the Surat Thani Province, Thailand, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 154712-e 154712 : e154712-

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e154712

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16330009

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scientific name

Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820)
status

 

Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) View in CoL

Many-lined skink or common sun skink

Distribution

This species is omnivorous as it is known to forage for and feed on a variety of insects, larvae, other invertebrates and sometimes plants ( Ngo et al. 2014). Determining characteristics of this species includes a robust body, keeled scales, often with a dorso-lateral swath of orange from the tympanum to hind legs ( Amarasinghe et al. 2018).

Notes

A total of 26 individuals were detected in all habitat types. Five of the eleven National Park forest transects four of the thirteen human disturbed forest transects and four of the eight human settlement transects.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Eutropis