Broad-headed Skink
by Cynthia Guinn
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Broad-headed Skink
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Cynthia Guinn
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Broad-headed Skink is a large, smooth-scaled lizard with a large, wide head. Color varies with sex and age. Adult males are usually olive brown with few or no stripes along the side, but during breeding season they develop an orange-red swollen head. Adult females nearly always have light and dark stripes down the back and sides, with a wide, dark stripe down each side being particularly prominent. Hatchlings are jet black with five narrow yellow lines along the back and sides, with a bright blue tail.
This pretty boy was moving up the tree as I came upon him, and at first I thought it was a snake which made my heart skip a beat lol. He blended in well with the tree. Wilmington, North Carolina USA.
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May 9th, 2017
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