Because someone asked for the least skinky skink, may I please see the skinkiest skink that ever skinked in the history of skinks?
OH NO NO NO, YOU GET A DELUGE OF SKINKINESS!!!
Peter’s Banded Skink (Scincopus fasciatus), family Scincidae, Morocco
photograph via: Amphibians & Reptiles of Morocco
Müller’s Forest Skink (Sphenomorphus muelleri), family Scincidae, found in Indonesia
photographs by Roots, Scoots, & Scales
Mainland She Oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli), mother with pups, family Scincidae, eastern Australia
photograph by Ken Griffiths
Northern Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides intermedia), defensive display, family Scincidae, Cape York, QLD, Australia
photographs by Brother-Nature
Fire Skink (Mochlus fernandi), family Scincidae, found in West Africa
* Also known by the scientific name Riopa fernandi.
Photograph by Miniformat65
Yellow-belly Three-toed Skink (Saiphos equalis), family Scincidae, found in eastern Australia
The only species in this genus.
Coastal populations reproduce by laying eggs (oviparity), and mountain populations reproduce through live birth (viviparity).
photograph by Rebecca Pyles
Three Toed Earless Skink (Hemiergis decresiensis), family Scincidae, found in SE Australia
Viviparous (live bearing).
photograph by Rob Valentic
African Red-sided Skink (Trachylepis perrotetii), family Scincidae, found in central Africa
photograph by Dick Bartlett
Rainbow Skink (Mabuya margaritifera), family Scincidae, Langano, Ethiopia
Photograph by Volker Sthamer
McCoy’s Elf Skink aka Highlands Forest Skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi), family Scincidae, Australia
photograph by @skinkmania__
Great Desert Skink aka Kintore’s Skink (Liopholis kintorei), family Scincidae, Kata Tjuta Nat Park, NT, Australia
These lizards live cooperatively in underground burrow systems, with siblings and offspring, as well as with unrelated individuals and pairs.
photograph by Gary Stephenson
Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis), male, family Scincidae, Kansas, USA
photograph by Katelyn Kuhens
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