Official five-lined skink appreciation thread. C'mon in, don't be shy.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mp...

Five-lined Skinks mate in the Spring and females will dig a nest under a log, stump, or rock. She will lay up to a dozen eggs, which will hatch between June and August, depending on when they were laid. Females will stay with their eggs until they hatch. She will also eat any unhatched eggs.



Young Five-lined Skinks are about two inches long when born.



The Five-lined Skink is our most common lizard. They grow up to eight inches long, with males growing slightly larger than females.



Young skinks have very clear stripes and a bright blue tail. Females may keep a very full bluish-gray tail as they age, but males' tails will turn brown.

[XNASA]

1. Hmmmm.....pretty skinky.

[underpants]

2. Oh I thought this was about an old girlfriend

Sorry I misread it

[mr_hat]

3. I commend you, Sir or Madam. We, all of us,

go far too long between skink salutes.

[mr_hat]

4. Self delete

itchy trigger finger.

[giant_robot]

5. Skinks....

Small common lizard
I see your tail is bluish
You eat unhatched eggs.

(A skink haiku)





(I really should make better use of my time)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

6. I've see, heard, and done a lot of things in life, BUT...

...that was my FIRST skink haiku.

I need some "quiet time" to process THAT one.

[Zuni]

8. how deep!

[jswordy]

7. I love skinks!

We live in a house made of limestione, and they are around all the time. The like to sun on my concrete and rock porch. I just love 'em. So cute. And it is cool how the tail is purply-blue to attract the attention of predators, then it pops off when they bite it, and the skink gets away OK, only to grow another!

They also eat a frickin' TON of bugs and etc.

[Zuni]

9. Are you in Florida?

There are all kinds of little lizards down there, hanging out

[aden_nak]

10. But I don't appreciate Paris Hil - - - oh, wait, you said SKINK.

[morningglory]

11. Live in Florida, and appreciate all the bug-eating the skinks do.

I was reared on the property we are buying, and it was always roach-y. We have lived here 2 years without any insecticide and have not seen a roach. Good lizard! Keep eating!