Smooth Lanka Skink

The smooth Lanka skink, or Ceylon tree skink, is endemic to Sri Lanka and found from 1,000 to 2,300 m, the only skink at the 2,300 m elevation. It is common at Horton Plains, Hakgala, Namunukula and Nuwara Eliya. The body is stout and the tail 1.3 to 1.5 times the body length. The back is grey, reddish brown, brownish yellow or olive, each scale with a dark central spot, and a brownish-black flank stripe with yellowish-cream flecks runs from the eye to the tail base. The belly is lemon yellow and the throat pale blue with a few dark spots (Wikipedia, general species account).

It eats insects. An adult female may lay one or two eggs, each about 7 by 12.5 mm, in loose soil, and hatchlings measure 19 mm. Nationally Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).