After a visit to UCT this morning for an informative wander around their open day, with United playing at 4, and a dinner out at 7, I’m quickly putting something here. And the thing is (probably) my favourite local lizard, a Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis). They’re just such gentle, friendly, inquisitive creatures. This one was […]
Out at the Black Oystercatcher a couple of weeks back, we spotted this Cape Skink (Trachylepsis capensis) on the way into the restaurant (us, not him). Check the three stripe detail on those scales (bigger here). Sponsored by Adidas, clearly. He was quite willing to pose for us, although disappeared into the “koffieklip” conglomerate when […]
I went to pick up the boy from school today. It was while I was waiting, perched on a drystone wall in the car park that I realised I wasn’t alone. There were other people also waiting for children in the car park. But no, I mean that I had a skink sitting next to […]
On our patio, nogal. OK. Not so terrifying. He’s a Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis) and he’s completely harmless. Not uncommon around here either. You may remember them from previous posts on 6000 miles… We have a family of them living in the back garden, and with the warmer weather now with us, it’s nice to […]
Careful now… Who? Who’s getting big? Our resident Cape Skink (Trachylepis capensis), unbelievelably named “Mr Skinky Skink” by someone that really should know better, is getting big. That’s who. Resident in the braai wood pile under the braai, he’s literally like a wild pet. And we’ll never use all the braai wood in the braai […]