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Skinks
The most distinct group of lizards, skinks belong to the family Scincidae, the second biggest of the lizard families. Skinks are smooth shiny lizards with a conical head, a cylindrical body and a long, tapering tail.
280 Questions
Will a ground skink eat bluebird eggs?
no
They are viviparous meaning they give live birth like humans (assuming you meant Blue Tongued Skink). There is no species with the common name Blue Tailed Skink.
Does the mother skink need to stay with her eggs?
Blue tailed skink females will stay with their eggs to protect them and then leave after they hatch from one to two days.
How do you get rid of a skink lizard?
- Enclosure
- Screen lid for enclosure
- Substrate
- Heat lamp
- Heat mat
- Full spectrum lighting
- Lighting timer
Provide an appropriately sized enclosure for the number of skinks you wish to purchase. You can house one male along with three females in a 20-gallon aquarium. You should also purchase a locking screen top lid for the aquarium to prevent escapes.
Spread a 3- to 4-inch layer of mulch, bark or soil in the bottom of your skinks cage to help maintain humidity.
Heat your skinks enclosure to 95 degrees Fahrenheit on one area of the cage, and then maintain 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the rest of the enclosure. You can do this using heat lamps and heat mats.
Light the cage with full spectrum lighting for 14 to 16 hours a day. The other 8 or 10 hours the light should be turned off to simulate night.
Feed your skink three or four times a week. They can eat a variety of things including feeder crickets, pinkie mice, lean meat or snails.
Use a water dish that will allow your lizard to submerge its entire body and is not easily overturned. It must always be kept full with fresh and clean de-chlorinated water.
Create a hiding area for your skinks using an imitation rock or small hollow logs. Place a few branches and rocks in the enclosure for climbing.
Read more: How to Care for a Skink | eHow.com
Are snakes oviporis or viviporis?
Most are. Oviparous animals are those that lay eggs with little development taking place inside the mother's body.
There are some species that are ovoviviparous, meaning that the eggs are essentially carried and hatched inside the mother, leading to her giving live birth. Rattlesnakes are ovoviviparous.
Where does a Blue tongued Skink live?
I have found them in numerous places including my barn, under planks of wood, in between bricks, I once found a family of them in a rotting log. Usually you will find them in where it is moist yet dry. But beware if you find one in the winter and it is hibernating, LEAVE IT BE! I learned that the hard way and it died. Also, don't be surprised if it's tail falls off, it does this as a defence mechanism to divert the predators attention. I hope this helps:)
How much food does a five-lined skink eat per meal?
store bought crickets or mealworms, NEVER feed them wild crickets or mealworms, they could make him/her sick. you can buy these at PETSMART, that's what i do for my 5 lined skink.
Do skinks lay eggs or give birth?
Its quite easy. Keep the temp nice and warm and give them some leaves to shelter under and to also help build their nest. Then hopefully in a week or 2 there will be little eggs the size of peas :)
i think that you need a small fish tank and 2-4 skinks (wild) put alot of dirt & leaves and 1 rock that they can sun on ok feed them fly's, small worms, crickets, grasshoppers and maybe some mashed fruit.
then u put some water in a small cup and put a spot for them to lay their eggs then let them do the rest in 2-3 weeks u will have about 7-8 little baby skinks running around but then u need a bigger tank!
Skunk geckos do not change color but can change tone, they will fire up or fire down. Meaning, when the animal is active at night, it should generally be a brighter color, this is firing up. When the animal is sleeping during the day, it will generally be dull in coloration, this is fired down.
What do blue tonged skinks eat?
the blue tongue lizard also known as tiliqua scincoides eats a wide veriety of food
in the wild they eat
crickets, seeds, insects, etc
while they are pets they eat
bananas ( not all the time ) crickets, GRASSHOPPERS ( locusts) vegetables ---> carrots lettuce and more fruits----> strawberry ( ANYTHING SWEET )
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lizards have i wide veriaty of defence.
the blue tongue buffs its body, opens its mouth and pokes out its blue tongue
the bearded dragon buffs its body. opens its mouth and shows its beard
the water dragon runs away because it has great speed
the frilly dragon shows the predator its enourmos frill and has been known to run after its predators
these are some of the defence stratergys that a lizard has they come in a wide veriety of differand defences. and usually if a lizard fails to defend its self it uses its last card and cuts of its tail. as the tail falls of it wiggles for 5 minutes ( roughly ) attracting the attention of the predator to the tail so the lizard can escape
No Skinks are harmless except gila monsters and komodos.
-Shiva
Skinks eat other skinks. Big Skinks eat the skinks that are smaller then the bigger skinks.
They drink milk from cows as well.
There main thing they eat is snails.
How skinks catch snails: They first jump on the snail and stomp ot it to make it crushed. (they prefer snails crushed)
First off, all of the lizards I am about to list you will need to do at least a month's worth of research before getting. Make sure you will be able to afford all food, heating and lighting costs before getting one.
Bearded Dragon (my personal favorite)
Blue-Tongued Skink
Armadillo Lizards
Dwarf Sungazers (often sold and confused with the lizard listed above but entirely different)
Collard Lizard
Uromastyx (a few different species)
If you turn the cage on it's side so it's taller than it is long you could keep:
Crested Gecko
Chameleons (a few species)
Not lizards but will do well in an enclosure that size:
Russian Tortoise
Hermann's Tortoise
Greek Tortoise
Box Turtle
Ball Python
Tree Frog (different species)
Salamander (many different species)
