It seems to be a kind of blue-tailed skink. And that's all I know.
I had one but I dropped it to distract predators
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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I really hope it grows back. Will it?
these guys are really neat
Yeh lol i have a blue tongue
I love how some skinks have such tiny, little legs.
Blue tongue stumpy tail with small tail and tiny legs lmao
How fast can that thing even move? How does it avoid becoming somebody's dinner?
They don't have many predators. I guess wedgetailed eagles may have a go, and feral cats may mess around with them, but both would prefer to eat rodents or rabbits, so the stumpies get a pass.
the stumpies
And the poor little guys get no respect.
These guys and a few other varieties of lizard (like fence lizards) in the south are theorized to be able to neutralize Lyme disease when it reaches their bloodstream from a tick. Some also theorize this also makes the tick that bit them unable to carry Lyme disease in the future
They also care for their eggs by absorbing heat outside and sort of rubbing along their eggs in a rotating circle to warm them, they are cool as hell
2024
not having a blue tail
why even live
best i can do is blue-tongued cw: mormon energy
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