Keeled Indian Mabuya

The keeled Indian mabuya, also called the many-keeled grass skink, is a robust skink with a moderate, obtuse snout, scaly lower eyelids and smooth vertebral scales. It is brown to olive or bronze above, uniform or with dark spots, with dark brown or chestnut sides and a light line from above the eye to the base of the tail. The lower parts are whitish or yellowish (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is diurnal and terrestrial, frequently seen basking or foraging in open areas. Clutches of 2 to 20 eggs are laid in a self-excavated hole or under fallen logs, with hatchlings emerging between May and June. It is frequent in Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Myanmar and Nepal.