{"id":317,"date":"2007-01-06T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2007-01-06T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/?p=317"},"modified":"2012-05-19T21:33:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T13:33:38","slug":"mangrove-skink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/mangrove-skink\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangrove Skink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guys, I would like to introduce you a friend who has smooth skin and slim body. Happy or not? Mangrove Skink (<i>Emoia atrocostata<\/i>) is one of the most common animals spotted in Sabah mangrove forest. Normally it has smooth and brownish to grayish metallic skin. This small, short-legged lizard is usually less than 1 foot (30cm) long. Like other lizards, it can detech its tail easily as an escape mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070106.jpg\" alt=\"Mangrove Skink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Basically they are everywhere anytime in mangrove forest. I always see dozens of them in KK Wetland Centre, on the broadwalk, under the mangrove root, on the sandy ground, open space&#8230; It looks very much like a skink that lives in our garden. In Hakka, we call it &#8220;Choa-Ma-Sa&#8221;. Choa-Ma-Sa is smaller and got beautiful red stripes on its body, while Mangrove Skink doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070106_2.jpg\" alt=\"Mangrove Skink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They are timid but not quite afraid of human. They always keep a distance from you. If you come too close, they would jump into the water, so I assume they are good swimmer. During low tide, you can always see plenty of them roaming on the ground to look for small crabs, insect and other food.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070106_3.jpg\" alt=\"Mangrove Skink\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I notice that they use only one eye to observe something. What I mean is &#8212; they don&#8217;t look at you face to face. Instead, they turn their head to side, using only one eye to look at you. I am not sure if they are trying to act cute or what. If you don&#8217;t believe me, just look at all the photos shown here.<\/p>\n<p>Other two different skink species that I saw were spotted in <a HREF=\"\/sepilok\/slides\/bsc05131.php\">Sepilok virgin forest<\/a> and <a HREF=\"\/klias\/slides\/klias-proboscis-dsc05430.php\">Klias wetland<\/a>. The later one is only found in Borneo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070106_4.jpg\" alt=\"Mangrove Skink\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><i>Photos taken in KK Wetland Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia Borneo<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guys, I would like to introduce you a friend who has smooth skin and slim body. Happy or not? 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