Striped Skink
Isibhadwa semida
Igama
Isibhadwa semida (Striped Skink, African Striped Skink) [Trachylepsis striata]
Isigaba
Reptilia
Irhemo/ umhlobo
Squamata
Umndenazo
Scincidae
Ubude besisikazi
60 - 90 mm
Ubude besiduna
60 - 90 mm
Ihlathululo
Mhlobo wesibhadwa wobukhulu besilinganiso esiphakathi kuthi incenye enye nenye esivalo selinhlo engaphasi ikhanyele. Iintunja zeendlebe zazo zirondo. Imibalazo ihluka ngokuya ngemihlobazo. Imihlobo esetlhagwini iinhlokozalezo eziqothako eziduna zibanombala welamuna okuqarheke ngozotho, kuthi emphinjeni kube mbala osarulana oqarheke ngewelamuna.
Imihlobo yakwabo
Kunemihlobo emine eenarheni ezinye. Kunomhlobo obizwa i-M.s. striata, M.s. sparsa, M.s. punctatissima kanye ne-M.s. wahlbergii.
Ukwabeka nokusabalala kwazo
Zitholakala ePumalanga ye-Afrika, esewula yendawo begade yaziwa nge-Transkei kanye neTlhagwini Pumalanga Kapa, ukuyela magega ne-Orange River ukuyokufika e-Richtersveld kanye netjhingalanga ukuya e-Zambia ukuyokufika e-Angola kanye neSewula ye-Nambia.
Ukuhlangana nesiduna nokubekelisana
ZeSewula ziqoqosela amadzinyana amathathu ukuya kalithoba ngesikhathi esisodwa ehlobo. Ukubekelisana kuvamise ukwenzeka kesinye nesinye isikhathi sonyaka kilezo zetlhagwini. Ukukhula kwazo kuyafana begodu kumsinya, zilungela ukujarhana nasele zineenyanga ezilisumi nahlanu ukuyela kezilisumi nobunane.
Ukudla/ idayethi
Ziphila ngokudla iinunwana ezincani (abonambhonge nokhunye) kanye nezinye iinlwanyana ezingananamgogodlha.
