Dussumier's Forest Skink (Sphenomorphus dussumieri) - HM 78760
Observer:
S, Harikrishnan
Observed:
2016-01-14 11:14:28
Last Modified:
2016-01-14 01:12:25
Country:
India
State:
Kerala
District:
Kottayam
Age:
Adult
Deceased:
no
Notes:
The days have been somewhat hot and dry. I have been seeing one of these small skinks living among the flower pots in our tiny garden. Today morning, I decided to try to get some photos of that one. As I was photographing, I noticed that it was sucking the sap out of a broken branch of a small Elephant's ear plant (Colocasia sp.). It kept on sucking for about half a minute before getting out of the hot sun. I've seen them drinking water eagerly from leaves after I water the plants in the evening during summer months, but this is the first time that I saw one drinking the sap from a plant.
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