Sri Lanka Bronze Skink

The Sri Lanka bronze skink, also called the Sri Lanka bronze mabuya or, ambiguously, the spotted skink, is a widespread terrestrial skink endemic to Sri Lanka, reported from both the wet and dry zones, including Colombo, Kala Wewa and Madatugama. It is named for the Hungarian ornithologist Gyula Madarász. The body is slender with 32 midbody scale rows, brown above with a dark line along the flank, and creamy and unpatterned below (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found up to 800 m in rock crevices, under leaf litter and under logs, and is seen basking at midday. Nationally Vulnerable (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).