Variable Skink

© Tyrone Ping

Vito

Variable Skink [Mabuya varia]

Vital Statistics

Klilasi: Reptilia
Swakudya: Squamata
Ndyangu: Scincidae
Ku Leha (Xisati): 50 - 60 mm
Ku Leha (Xinuna): 50 - 60 mm

Nhlamuselo

Nkolombyani lowu wuna xivumbeko xo ka xinga kulangi wuva na nomo na nhompfu swotontswa na xifasiterani ehansi ka tihlo rin’wani na rin’wani. Muhlovo ya wona ya hambana hambana, nhlana wa wona wuya eka vuntima, olive, buraweni wobasuluka, kutshuka kuya eka buraweni kambe awuna swicoti coti swantima. Muxaka lowu wuna milayeni yo basa yimbirhi leyi endlaka leswaku wu hambana na leyo tala. Khwiri ra wona iwa wasi kuya eka ku basa.

Rixaka

Rixaka leri ari hlamuseriwangi kahle, M. v. nyikae, laha minkarhi yinwana yitekeriwaka enhlokweni kusuka e Nyika Plateau e Malawi.

Ku Hangalaka

Muxaka lowu wukumeka swinene e dzongeni wa Eastern Cape, kuya e Eastern Africa nale Sudan na Somalia, evupela dyambu bya Namibia, Angola na Congo.

Kutswalana

Muxaka lowu wankolombyani wutiveka hikuva wukota kutswala vana varikarhi va hanya kambe kuna tindzhawu leti wukotaka kutshikela matandza yoringana 6 – 12 lawa ya tlhotlhoriwaka endzhaku ko byameriwa 60 wamasiku. Ku kulak a vana swahatlisa swinene laha vana vakotaka kufikelela xiyimo xa vukulu hi 8 wa tinhweti.

Swakudya

Swakudya leswi wudyaka swona swikatsa tinjiya, swidongodi, muhlwa, mapume kasi eka swin’wana swiyimo wu dya yinwana minkolombyani.

Swo Switiva

Switala kutika swinene ku wu hambanyisa na yinwana hikokwalaho ka kuhambana ka muhlovo hikwalaho vito ringa tani, hambi swiritano lowu hi wona muxaka lowunga tala swinene no kumeka eka minkolombyani.