Many-lined Sun Skink

Many-lined Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata)
Island Club Road, 16th December 2015

This carcass of a Many-lined Sun Skink roadkill was found by Angelynn Soo.

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• NParks Flora & Fauna Web
• The Biodiversity of Singapore
• Wild Fact Sheets
• The Tide Chaser: Lizards (Phylum Chordata: Suborder Lacertilia) of Singapore
• Ecology Asia
• Freshwater fishes, terrestrial herpetofauna and mammals of Pulau Tekong, Singapore
• Reptiles and Amphibians of Bangkok
• The Reptile Database
• Dietary ecology of the Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciatus (Kuhl, 1820) in Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam
• Sexual size dimorphism and feeding ecology of Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in the central highlands of Vietnam
• Feeding ecology of the Common Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), in the plains of central Vietnam
• Sexual Dimorphism and Female Reproduction in the Many-Lined Sun Skink (Mabuya multifasciata) from China
• A New Record of the Viviparous Skink, Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) (Squamata: Reptilia), from Taiwan
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Nonnatives

Many-lined Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata)
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 5th February 2016

This carcass of a Many-lined Sun Skink was likely accidentally killed by an Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris).

The resident male Oriental Pied Hornbill often seen at the Wetland Centre in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve has a habit of perching on a particular metal standee. Sometimes, when he takes off, he launches himself with such force that he tips the standee and it topples over. On this occasion, upon righting the standee, I discovered that a Many-lined Sun Skink had been crushed beneath. The unfortunate Skink had probably been basking or foraging on the ground when the Hornbill landed on the standee and then took off, causing it to fall over and crush the Skink.

• NParks Flora & Fauna Web
• The Digital Nature Archive of Singapore
• Wild Fact Sheets
• The Tide Chaser: Lizards (Phylum Chordata: Suborder Lacertilia) of Singapore
• Ecology Asia
• Reptiles and Amphibians of Bangkok
• Sexual Dimorphism and Female Reproduction in the Many-Lined Sun Skink (Mabuya multifasciata) from China
• The Reptile Database
• Dietary ecology of the Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciatus (Kuhl, 1820) in Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam
• Sexual size dimorphism and feeding ecology of Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in the central highlands of Vietnam
• Feeding ecology of the Common Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), in the plains of central Vietnam
• A New Record of the Viviparous Skink, Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) (Squamata: Reptilia), from Taiwan
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Nonnatives

Many-lined Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata) being scavenged by Weaver Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina)
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 11th May 2015

This flattened carcass of a Many-lined Sun Skink was found at the roundabout of the Wetland Centre; it raises the question as to whether vehicles are entering the roundabout too quickly, giving smaller creatures little time to escape.

• NParks Flora & Fauna Web
• The Digital Nature Archive of Singapore
• Wild Fact Sheets
• The Tide Chaser: Lizards (Phylum Chordata: Suborder Lacertilia) of Singapore
• Ecology Asia
• Reptiles and Amphibians of Bangkok
• Sexual Dimorphism and Female Reproduction in the Many-Lined Sun Skink (Mabuya multifasciata) from China
• The Reptile Database
• Dietary ecology of the Common Sun Skink Eutropis multifasciatus (Kuhl, 1820) in Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam
• Sexual size dimorphism and feeding ecology of Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) in the central highlands of Vietnam
• Feeding ecology of the Common Sun Skink, Eutropis multifasciata (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), in the plains of central Vietnam
• A New Record of the Viviparous Skink, Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) (Squamata: Reptilia), from Taiwan
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Nonnatives