Creature in my garden this evening, what is it?

[MaeJoMTB]

Looks like a snake, moves like a snake, but has four legs.

Photo taken on my driveway next to the garden hose.

About 8" long

The locals don't know what it is either!

[impulse]

https://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/lizards/

Some kind of skink? (No, not a skank- their legs are longer...).

Edited October 30, 2015 by impulse

[phetphet]

Agree... A skink. Maybe short limbed skink https://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/short-limbed-supple-skink/

[arcturus]

yep, looks like a skink. never seen this kind of skink in SE Asia before though, so I can't narrow down to any specific genus.

[vogie]

According to another post Costas has gone missing?

[Equalizer]

Short-limbed Supple Skink – small, very elongated body with tiny legs

[northernphil]

Short-limbed Supple Skink – small, very elongated body with tiny legs

Yep ,I agree , just looked it up in ' Snakes of Thailand ' Just about everyone i know up here in the north would say it was a baby King Cobra , only snake they can name.

[TBWG]

It's a baby king cobra

[bangkapi]

"Good eating" in the provinces.

[dotpoom]

Short garden hose? (555).

[Minnehaha]

came across something similar "walking the few yards between 2 canals" on a golf course. It was only about a foot long and had very developed legs, so it could really walk, freaking missing link looking thing!

I admired it for a few minutes with my golfing friend.

when we were finished the caddy caught it and put in a bag.

later I saw they made larb for lunch with it.

[hoffy66]

We have something like this in aussie, and we call it a legless lizard, but never seen one in thailand.

[khunken]

We have something like this in aussie, and we call it a legless lizard, but never seen one in thailand.

Not to be confused with the legless lounge lizard, endemic to many countries including Thailand.

[ResandePohm]

It is a Short-limbed Supple Skink Lygosoma quadrupes

Edited October 31, 2015 by ResandePohm

[Mudcrab]

We have something like this in aussie, and we call it a legless lizard, but never seen one in thailand.

Check out the bars in Phuket....many legless Aussies there.

Edited October 31, 2015 by Mudcrab

[Dap]

It's a baby king cobra

A "northern" baby king cobra.

Edited October 31, 2015 by Dap

[ozyjon]

Poke it with your finger and see if it bites

if it bites it's a snake

if it just licks your face, it's a dog.

[northernphil]

We have something like this in aussie, and we call it a legless lizard, but never seen one in thailand.

Not a legless lizard as ..........ITS GOT LEGS. In England nearly 60 years ago we often caught Slow Worms , no legs but not snakes.

[cyberfarang]

It`s a Troy Tempest. It has W.A.S.P hat and everything.

[oncearugge]

A Short-limbed Supple Skink Lygosoma quadrupe

More pictures and info in the lnk

https://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/short-limbed-supple-skink/

[lucifer666]

I agree with Oncearugge,,,, either that, or snakes are evolving