On 2 August 2011 at 13h30 I observed a dead juvenile Trachylepis spilogaster, approximately 30 mm in total length, being presented as food to the chicks of a Familiar Chat (Cercomela familiaris) in a Windhoek garden, Namibia (22° 33’ 52.7” S; 17° 05’ 50.6” E). The juvenile T. spilogaster was missing its tail indicating that it was probably actively caught and killed (although not confirmed) by the Familiar Chat and that tail autotomy did not assist it in this case.