Yes skinks have backbones which makes them a vertabrae.
Lizards.
Yes, all skinks are a type of lizard.
Skinks
Most likely a skink of some kind. The ones that I see most often are the common five-lined skinks, which are smooth and often have a bluish tail. If the lizards are brown and rough instead of smooth, they are probably eastern fence lizards.
Skinks
Yes, desert lizards can climb.
When talking about common five lined skinks; yes.
Yes. Probably a few different varieties. Like Fence Lizards, 5-lined skinks, and broadhead skinks. I live about an hour east of you (Ashland) and saw a 5-lined skink this morning. This is a great website that has distribution maps you can check! http://faculty.maryvillecollege.edu/wbcash/GSMNPReptiles.htmhttp://www.answers.com/topic/five-lined-skink
No males do not have babies, or eggs in the case of most lizards. It is the female that has the babies.
no
Skinks are lizards and therefore reptiles.