Longtail Mabuya
Eutropis longicaudata
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,683
- Most observed in
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Eutropis longicaudata, the longtail mabuya or long-tailed sun skink, is a species of skink. It is found in southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Peninsular Malaysia. Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes. Though some females are documented, to eat their clutch of eggs, when continually threatened by predators especially when threatened by O. formosanus.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eutropis longicaudata”.