Ristella beddomii

Beddome's cat skink, or Beddome's ristella, is a small skink native to south-western India, found in the Western Ghats hill ranges and surroundings of Kerala and Karnataka. The maximum snout-to-vent length is 4 cm. The ear opening is larger than the nostril, the back scales are sharply two-keeled, and there are 26 scales around the middle of the body (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is reddish brown above, with or without two or three lighter streaks, and usually has a black blotch with a few white dots above the armpit. It lives in forest leaf litter at 50–1,300 m, in both lowlands and mid-to-high elevations, and egg-laying coincides with the south-west monsoon.