this skink has only one black line and no blue tail. Its back is a beautiful shiny copper color. This skink is a ground skink known as the little brown skink. Ground skinks do not climb trees.

A sun skink was seen crawling through the footpath beside a house. Footage shows the lizard exploring the brick walkway of a home in Chumphon, Thailand. The reptile paused under the rays of the sun ...

(Credit: Wright Out There/Shutterstock) In North America, skinks are often tiny, slick and snakelike — with shiny blue tails or bright red heads. Nearly all of them can fit in the palm of your hand.

Shame on you. Skinks are a type of small, beneficial lizards and they're known for their shiny scales and they have showy ...

The name comes from the shiny black scales that these animals are known for ... that’s because they’re both chunky skink species. The eastern blue-tongue lizard (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides), for ...

The five-lined skink, the only lizard native to Vermont, was recently spotted in a rare sighting by The Nature Conservancy in Vermont team. Seeing a lizard on the trail might not seem too exciting ...

With its short, blunt snout and unique checkerboard pattern, this scaly creature — a skink — wasn’t like the other 35 related species that call the mountains home. The skink earned its name ...

Researchers discovered a new species of golden skink atop an isolated mountain in Papua New Guinea, according to a new study. Allen Allison via Vertebrate Zoology A “large” pregnant creature ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around 1,500 of the living lizard species on Earth fall into the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to reconsider protections for the Cedar Key mole skink, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed ...

Bones of the prehistoric beast – the biggest skink ever discovered – were uncovered in the Wellington Caves, in the NSW Dubbo region, by researchers from Flinders University, ABC News reported.