Red-sided Skink
Trachylepis homalocephala
The Red-sided Skink is a small, slender species of skink in the subfamily Lygosominae. It is indigenous to Southern Africa, where it typically occurs in coastal thicket and leaf litter along the South African coast - from Cape Town, eastwards along the coast as far as Mozambique. A few tiny isolated populations also occur in moist mountainous areas further inland.
This small, elegant skink has a shiny, brightly striped body. Males change colour in the breeding season, developing bright red stripes on their flanks. The Red-sided Skink lays around 6 eggs in summer.
It was first described in 1828 by Weigmann , based on specimens at the Natural History Museum in Berlin that were collected in South Africa by Ludwig Krebs.
This small, elegant skink has a shiny, brightly striped body. Males change colour in the breeding season, developing bright red stripes on their flanks. The Red-sided Skink lays around 6 eggs in summer.
It was first described in 1828 by Weigmann , based on specimens at the Natural History Museum in Berlin that were collected in South Africa by Ludwig Krebs.