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[edit] An experience with a skink

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.

I came here to find out what a skink was. Prior to this I had read on another page that Papua New Guinea features 5 species of green blooded skinks, the only green blooded land vertebrates. Thought this would be an interesting thing to add here if it can be confirmed.

[edit] Bury?

Hi Seglea,

What does this mean? Many species bury well. Pollinator 17:56, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I don't know either! I didn't write that bit. Maybe that they are good burrowers? That's what I took it to mean, anyway. seglea 18:27, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I've added quite a bit (summarized from the extlink) and replaced Many species bury well with seglea's suggestion—I also understood it that way, but I have to admit that one could take it to mean that it's easy to bury a dead skink :-) Lupo 10:14, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

This is looking better. All the genus names need italicising, but I hdon't have time to do that just now. seglea 16:05, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Why does Adda link redirect here? Is Adda a type of skink? Adda is also a river in Italy. Markussep 10:27, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.


[edit] 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