A Striped Skink

I expected to see many more reptiles in Africa. I thought there would be snakes and reptiles with four legs on tree trunks and crossing roads. I’ve seen no such thing. A rare exception is this African striped skink, Trachylepis striata.

There are over 1,500 species of Skink and almost all of them have no neck and short legs.

The question then remains: am I a Skink?