The panorama on the sunrise side: an awesome view of Malarayat

The quiet panorama on the sunrise side of the farm: an awesome view of Mount Malaráyat and the river below the gap.

09 February 2012

Skink

No garden will be complete without insects, small reptiles, and a whole lot of frogs! They are part of the natural ecosystem and their existence is better managed and recognized than denied or worse, obliterated.

I'm fairly sure that most people know lizards and frogs help control insects but it's different just knowing it than actually experiencing it. Skinks, what locals call bubúlî are among the more elegant-looking small reptiles (think skinny and pale house lizards or the large and creepy monitor lizards).



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  1. Grace In Full MeasureFebruary 10, 2012 at 5:03 PM

    We call this basakay.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 10, 2012 at 11:51 PM

    Bangkalang daw tawag sa Lipa dyan.

    - Kokoy

    (anonymous daw. hehehe.)

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  3. UnknownMarch 15, 2012 at 9:12 PM

    I thought it's bubuli? Ipagtatanong ko nga...

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  4. AnonymousDecember 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM

    we call it "Bangkalang" also in Tanauan, Batangas back in the days. as kids, we would try to kill it because we were ignorant. if we knew that this bangkalang were not harmful, we might have chosen it's different path.

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    1. AnonymousMarch 13, 2024 at 1:58 PM

      We call it NBC Philippines in FPIP

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