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Have you ever seen a cuter critter? Meet the red-eyed crocodile skink. Growing ~10 in (25 cm) long, it can be found in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Like a crocodile, this reptile has armored skin to protect it from foes. Its diet includes insects like flies & mealworms.
@AMNH #globalmuseum #skinks #PapuaNewGuinea

i accidentally rudely interrupted at least that's what it felt like 😆 #skinks #inflagranti

Two skinks on the footpath in front of me pretending they're not there

@swoop @MorpheusB and on that same article, link to :

Scientists at the University of Queensland discovered that Australian skinks have evolved genetic defences—mutations in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor—that make them immune to deadly snake neurotoxins, similar to adaptations seen in honey badgers and mongooses. This could inspire new antivenoms or therapeutic approaches to counter neurotoxic snake bites in humans.

#science #evolution #australia #snakes #skinks

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250806094116.htm

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-08-10/great-desert-skinks-aboriginal-species-management-conservation/105426850

#firstNations #skinks #revegetation #rewilding #TanamiDesert #Walpiri

The Japanese Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon finitimus) can escape predators by dropping its tail. The regrown tail is supported by a cartilaginous rod instead of vertebrae.

#skinks #nature #wildlife #japan

Rainbow Skink (Lampropholis delicata) also known as Dark-flecked Garden Sun Skink. Very common around the Central Coast area of #nsw.

X-posted to inaturalist.org

#lizard #lizards #reptiles #herpetology #skinks #nature #wildlife #australia

@loren I do, regularly! Already saw some this morning! https://photos.lane.net.nz/index.php?/category/76 #skinks #FTW

*Tiliqua scincoides* aka the Common Bluetongue, among the vegetable beds. Very happy as this one is just a wee baby... so it looks as though they've successfully bred this year in our vicinity. #nature #wildlife #australia #biodiversity #reptiles #Skinks #lizards #herpetology #gardens #rewilding

Skink moves. #lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #skinks #AustralianReptiles

"Head over heels
No time to think
Seems like the whole world's
Out of skinks..."

#skinks #gogos

A Rough-scaled Sun Skink (Eutropis rugifera) spotted on the side of a tree at MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Singapore on 29 Sept 2024. An uncommon forest skink with overlapping scales that give it its rough appearance.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/244650825 ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Reptiles #Reptilia #Lizards #Sauria #Skinks #Scincidae

A skink with a mainly dark brown upperside towards the front of the body, changing to orange-brown towards the rear. A series of thin, broken, yellowish stripes running along the full length of the body.

A Treasure Trove of Endemics: Two #NewSpecies of Snake-eyed #Skinks of the Genus Panaspis from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, southwestern Angola https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2024/07/panaspis.html paper: https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/121103/

#SerraDaNeve is an isolated mountain of subvolcanic origin with a basal area of approximately 630 km2 and is the second highest peak of #Angola at 2489 m. Recent fieldwork at Serra da Neve revealed an impressive number of strictly #endemic species.

photo of a smooth elongated brown lizard on dry leaves

Cheese puffs as self-help. #comics #animalmeme #food #squirrels #skinks GET THESE BY EMAIL: https://rooniecomics.com/comics/snacks/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=rooniecomics

RABBIT: Snacks? | SQUIRREL: No thanks, I'm good. | RABBIT: Yes. | RABBIT: But you'd be better with snacks.

It seems counter-intuitive, but it's very real. #webcomics #animalcomic #rabbit #skinks GET THESE BY EMAIL: https://rooniecomics.com/comics/hiding/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=rooniecomics

SKINK (thinking): I hide from you. | SKINK (thinking): Because I love you. | SKINK (thinking): And that makes me nervous.

I mean, look, it's possible. It could happen. #comics #comicstrips #fear #skinks GET THESE BY EMAIL: https://rooniecomics.com/comics/realistic/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=rooniecomics

SKINK (thinking): Maybe I'll be brave today. | SKINK (thinking): Maybe. | SKINK (thinking): But let's be realistic.

A western skink poked its nose out of the succulent pot, but disappeared before i could get a picture of its wonderful blue tail
#skinks #reptiles #gardening

The head and shoulders of a western skink, striped head and body

In the 2020 Tetrapod Zoology article on Corucia - the Solomon Islands monkey-tailed skink - Darren Nash mentioned a report that referred to individuals being discovered, submerged, in a water-filled tree hollow. See latest comment, recently added here.

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/2/28/corucia-most-amazing-of-skinks #skinks #animals #research #SolomonIslands