Skinks.
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21 species profiles in this collection
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Blotched Blue Tongue Skink
A stocky, cold hardy Australian skink with bold blotches and a startling blue tongue.
Blue Tailed Skink
A small, quick, ground dwelling skink from the Indo Pacific that keeps its bright blue tail for life.
Blue Tongue Skink
A stocky, easygoing lizard famous for its bright blue tongue and calm temperament.
Broad Headed Skink
The largest native skink in the eastern US, famous for a myth that it is a poisonous scorpion.
Coal Skink
A secretive, water diving skink of the eastern forests, protected in several states and never a pet store animal.
Common Sandfish
A desert skink that swims through sand instead of walking across it.
Eastern Blue Tongue Skink
Australia's calm, blue tongued garden skink, one of the steadiest large lizards to keep.
Emerald Tree Skink
A glossy, lime green skink that lives in the trees instead of on the ground.
Fire Skink
A fast, secretive burrower whose bands of red and black flash under a metallic sheen.
Five Lined Skink
A fast, striped native skink whose blue tailed babies are one of the easiest lizards to spot in the eastern woods.
Great Plains Skink
The largest native US skink, with a blue tailed youth and a fierce defensive bite.
Ground Skink
The eastern leaf litter skink you have probably never seen, even though it lives in your yard.
Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink
A giant, docile island skink with a bright blue tongue and a lifespan measured in decades.
Monkey Tailed Skink
A giant, tree dwelling skink from the Solomon Islands with a grip like a fifth hand.
Northern Blue Tongue Skink
Australia's biggest, calmest blue tongue skink, built for a keeper ready for two decades of company.
Ocellated Skink
A glossy, burrowing skink from the Mediterranean and North Africa that vanishes into sand and asks for little in return.
Peters Banded Skink
A nocturnal sand skink from the Sahara that needs deep substrate, real heat, and patience with wild caught stock.
Pink Tongue Skink
Australia's snail eating skink with a bright pink tongue and a grip built for climbing.
Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink
A spiny, orange eyed rainforest skink that squeaks when startled and rarely wants to be held.
Schneider's Skink
A large, burrowing skink with a gold flecked pattern, native to North Africa and Central Asia.
Shingleback Skink
A slow, pine cone scaled skink from Australia that pairs with the same mate for years.
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