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The Five-lined Mabuya / Rainbow skink Small skink with a long and bright blue tail sits on a brick in South Africa. Five-lined Mabuya,Reptiles,South Africa,Squamata,Trachylepis quinquetaeniata,skink Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

The Five-lined Mabuya / Rainbow skink

Small skink with a long and bright blue tail sits on a brick in South Africa.

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The African five-lined skink, or rainbow mabuya, is a north-central African species of skink lizard. "T. margaritifera" is another closely related skink species that is also called the "rainbow skink"; "T. margaritifera", overall, possesses more colourful, "rainbow"-like scales.

Similar species: Scaled Reptiles
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Apr 24, 2011. Captured Jul 27, 2009 12:22.
  • DSLR-A100
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO250
  • 300mm