Talk:Skink

Diversity

I'm confused by the seemingly conflicting statements in the first paragraph: skinks are the "most diverse" group of lizards, but they're the "second largest" family behind geckos. Wouldn't the latter statement invalidate the former? Rexodus (talk) 15:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I've also noticed this conflicting information. Both skinks AND geckos can't both be the most diverse. I'm changing this to "one of" for now since it seems to be in accurate. --Jpsowin (talk) 14:50, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

Common names

It would be nice if a common name or two were included in with the scientific Latin name on the list so that the layman can more easily find a particular skink article (f-lined skink, broadheaded skink, coal skink, ground skink, etc). I think they were once included but were edited out of the list. Thanks.

Real skink stories

During a storm the other day, I noticed a baby skink crawling by my window. I nudged him onto my hand and then he moved down my arm and closed his eyes while resting on my lower forearm near my elbow. I then walked outside to let him go in the garden. As soon as let him go, he came running back to me and jumped on my foot and crawled up my leg and I let him back on my arm. The skink wanted to stay with me, therefore I own all of j00. 67.233.161.208 (talk) 01:48, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

    One day, I was watching TV when a little blue tailed skink was sitting on the outside of the window. I walked on outside to see what was going on. I looked closely, it had no tail. Therefore, it was a male. The skink ran away. Next morning, when my grandfather was fixing his truck, The same skink went under the chair. Knowing he would stay, I named him  Shadowstripe the blue-tailed porch skink.

penny lizard redirection

I don't know how to set this up but it might be practical to redirect searches for 'penny lizard(s)' to this page.Danieljames626 01:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Southern 5-lined skink and cat poisoning

Here in eastern North Carolina, the "blue tail" or common 5 lined skink has anecdotally been identified as being poisoness to cats. I learned this when my own cat (a lizard hunter) came home tripping out with vertigo and was "drunk" for a week! Apparently, vets and local cat owners all know of this but I can not find a bit of real info about the condition. Has Anyone ever heard of this? Oh, and though the cat is fine, his head is still tilted to one side, which apparently is a common permanent side effect of the presumed (but unidentified)neurotoxin involved.

Green blood

Hi..Where would i find the information about the reason for skinks peculiar colored blood ... green I would like to knw more about the chemical recactions which lead to this green color... and its metabolism. mruna_a there are no such thing of any blood in skinks - devan powers

House pets

Does anyone have any info regarding Skinks as house pets? The article mentions them, but does not go into detail about them. Help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bishoppendragon (talk • contribs) 21:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC) The Skink/Sandveld bites harder than a common lizard. If you get one, don't take it out of it's cage. The cage should have A lid, too. This is because they are good climbers and fast runners. Here is a little info about the Blue Tailed Skink. I reccomend getting a female one because they cannot lose their tail.

Spiders eat them

I believe that this: [1] is the source of the part about spiders eating skinks. I'd like to see a better source — anyone know of any? Thanks Sue D. Nymme (talk) 00:09, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

House crashing skinks?

I'd like to know HOW I keep getting these guys in my house, this is the second time I've caught one now, any ideas what I need to do to stop this? 67.187.91.103 (talk) 22:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

The picture of the skink

just thought I should say that the main picture of a skink (although a good picture) is incorrectly labelled, as it should be labeled Eulamprus quoyii or Eastern water skink rather than Egernia coventryi or the eastern mourning skink —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike of Wikiworld (talk • contribs) 19:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

I replaced the image with a different one. DGERobertson (talk) 21:05, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Great picture - but ironically also incorrectly labeled (now corrected). Thats an Eastern bluey (T. scincoides scincoides - enlarged anterior temporal scales, bandit-mask temporal stripe behind eye, distinct transverse banding), not a Blotched (T. nigrolutea - cheek scales of uniform size, no bandit-mask, reticulate pattern on back).Ozraptor4 (talk) 17:25, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Bla Bla Bla, guys. I have a skink in my backyard, and I will take a real picture of it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.161.208 (talk) 01:19, 5 August 2011 (UTC) 

Distribution

I can't find the Distribution section. Can someone add it?--TangoFett (talk) 03:59, 17 April 2010 (UTC) All I know is vthat they come out in Summer, often around Sopchoppy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.233.161.208 (talk) 01:17, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Trachylepis maculilabris mating.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Trachylepis maculilabris mating.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on November 1, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-11-01. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 20:22, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Picture of the day

Two Trachylepis maculilabris skinks mating. Skinks are lizards that generally have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Females may be egg-laying or give live birth, with many of the latter being ovoviviparous (hatching eggs internally and giving birth to live offspring).Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Number of species

I also raised this on the Gecko discussion page, but am I missing something? On the Skink page it says "With about 1200 described species, the Scincidae are the second most diverse family of lizards, exceeded only by the Gekkonidae (or geckos)" but on the Gecko page it says "Geckos are the second most species rich group of lizards (after skinks), with close to 1,500 different species worldwide" - which is right? Manbilong (talk) 09:22, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Skink with eggs

I am pretty sure that this picture does not show a skink with ITS eggs, but rather eggs that it is busy sizig up with a view to feeding on them. There is no way that eggs this size could come out of its cloaca. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:44, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Accuracy Issue regarding largest skink.

Accuracy of Largest species...Shouldn't this actually be 81 cm for the largest size it can reach as stated on the wiki for the Solomon Islands Skink — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.238.129.202 (talk) 22:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

I just caught the same problem. The page for the Solomon Islands Skink reads: 'The Solomon Islands skink is the world's largest species of extant skink; adults can reach a length of 32 inches (81 cm) from nose to the tip of their tail when fully grown, with the tail accounting for more than half this length.' RobotBoy66 (talk) 12:26, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

There are two common ways to measure length: nose to tail and nose to vent. The Solomon Islands skink article uses nose to tail measurements, while this article's paragraph on skink sizes uses nose to vent. - rco 2022-06-03 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.60.137.30 (talk) 19:58, 3 June 2022 (UTC)