REPTILIAN TUESDAY # 22

REPTILIAN TUESDAY # 22

We have a tiny little lizard with a really loooong tail for this Reptilian Tuesday! They’re pretty cute! Who’s ready to meet them? We are!!!!

MEET THE LONG TAILED SKINK!

Range/Habitat: Southeast Asia/ rainforest

Diet: Insectivore: spiders, insects

Length: 12-14”

Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

• Long tailed skinks are olive brown with two black stripes down each side.
• Long tailed skinks have extremely long tails, as their name implies! They can be 2 times the length of their bodies.
• They are diurnal (active during the day).
• Like other lizards they can lose their tails if caught.

These cute, little slender bodied lizards are fun with their very long tails! We wonder what they do with those long tails. Edmond thinks they secretly use them as lassos and grab the insects they eat with them- but that is not true!