Littoral Skink

The littoral whiptail-skink, also called the mangrove skink or littoral skink, belongs to lizard in the family Scincidae. Habitats used include mangroves, back-beach vegetation and rocky shorelines. It is semi-aquatic and forages in tidal pools (Wikipedia, general species account). Emoia atrocostata, commonly known as the littoral whiptail-skink, mangrove skink, or littoral skink, belongs to lizard in the family Scincidae. It is semi-aquatic and forages in tidal pools. The species can be distinguished from the similar many-lined sun skink by the lack of keeled scales on the dorsal surface of the Mangrove Skink. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its colour is grey or brown-grey, flecked with black. There is a faint black band along each side. The throat is often bluish, and the belly greenish or yellow to orange. E. atrocostata can be found on the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and in Queensland, Australia. (Wikipedia, general species account).