Madagascar Skink are found quite easily in most of Africa, but in
Madagascar some have evolved some really peculiar habits. There are
numerous fossorial species (dwelling underground), several leaf-litter
swimmers, and even acquatic species. The only ones I was able to
photograph, which we found in our bucket traps, were leaf-litter
swimmers. Typical of skinks, they show dramatic limb reduction, though
unlike species I’ve found before, they have not completely lost any
limbs. They also have extremely elongated tails, helping them swim
through the undergrowth.
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