The Little Brown Skink, a skink that is little and brown!
I first found these in 2004 down in the woods near the Mississippi River in New Orleans. Here in Arkansas, we have an abundance as well.
The Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis) is a small lizard that can often be found across the South-Eastern United States if you are looking. Because they spend a lot of their time under leaf litter and logs in the forest searching for small bugs and insects to eat, they are not always seen even when they are present. Their tiny size and coloration also make them more difficult to locate.
Like many other lizards, the tail of the Little Brown Skink can detach when grabbed or threatened. They will lay tiny eggs, but most often only a few at a time. To learn more, check out the video below.
The information is the video is original but I did have a quick refresher from this source.
THE WILD-MAN'S WILD FRIENDS - EPISODE 38
LITTLE BROWN SKINK
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I love the skink! I first learned about them from Carl Hiassen's books. One of his characters, a one-eyed ex-governor is nicknamed Skink. Great video as always @papa-pepper. Thanks!
Interesting, thanks again for the encouragement!
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Another discovery for me @papa-pepper! Thanks for that mate! I am always amazed how these animals stay so cool with you, they seem to be relaxing on your hand!
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"the tail of the Little Brown Skink can detach when grabbed or threatened"
Scientists should study this, we can solve the amputation problems...
How you do this bro, look so scary 😱
Skinks love our basement during the summer! They also start filing in as it starts to get cold, because our basement is nice and toasty in the winter.
Kind of like winter Texans, only they're skinks and it's your basement they're heading to huh?
We also get a lot of snakes in the basement during cold weather! :D
But that's okay, because this area used to be a big field, and after they built the houses next door and behind this house, the mice infestations are awful every year.
Snakes in the basement eat the mice in the basement, and Cosmo and Nova utterly destroy the mice upstairs. I'm excited to see how well Comet does with hunting mice! (My husband rescued him as a kitten in February.) Apollo isn't exactly sure what to do with mice. And Tuxie? Our eighteen year old intact male? He runs from mice. They scare him.
Go figure...
It's no wonder the alpha cat in our house is a passive inbred ragdoll....
Amazing your little-brown-skinks, his body looks like same texture with a snake. I hope you have a nice time playing with them :-)
There are certainly snakes with the same texture as stinks like this. There are some pretty cool little guys, and we enjoyed them very much.
This is cool.
wow awesome
respect for you @ papa-pepper :)
Good post and great video . This is a Lizard family right? beautiful.
We have a blue tailed skink down this way, pretty cool looking. I'll have to see if i can russel one up.
wow nice post these lizards are beauty
Is the title supposed to be Snake or Skink? Or maybe a joke, anyways I always love your little friends. Ill continue to watch you and not play with them my self. :)
Mistake, fixed now.
WoW! @papa-pepper you really have a very sharp eyes for finding something so small and blends well in the surrounding.
love nature topics...thanks for sharing
Wow awesome dear friend wild man Up&Resteem
Wow this is so risky amazinge
Awesome post THE WILD-MAN'S WILD FRIENDS VIDEO SERIES - LITTLE BROWN SNAKE
What an interesting little creature. Skink is also fun to say. Thanks for sharing.
Looks even more dinosauric than the Anoles do.
You have some beautiful wild friends there.😃 With their body color, first thing came to mind is fish. 😁
Cool! We have no such
You are great dear @papa-pepper first time I see the brown snake really amazing thanks for sharing
amazing @papa-pepper !!
really very interesting , its skin is looks like snake's skin.........!!
Hi there Papa-Pepper, I first saw you on Daddy Kirbs channel on YouTube for the Monday Mix-up. I'm excited to be learning about Steemit and look forward to your posts.
I live in KY and we have those brown skinks here too. My favorite are the blue-tail skinks. The almost glow they are so blue and they are everywhere. It's fun to see them sunning themselves.
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lots of information as always @papa-pepper love seeing your blog
Great pictures! I live in FL where 'house lizards' are abundant. We also have the geckos and the skinks. The first time I saw a skink I freaked out! The way they look and the way they move is snakelike and I DO NOT like snakes! One long muscle that can move like the wind and jump if need be. No thank you!
Now I don't mind the skinks so much and my grandkids love 'em. Anyway, great video and great post.
Is a skink a lizard or an amphibian (is that what a salamander is or is it a lizard too)?
Still love skinks their so cute and still love their name!
I like this alot,so nice. Hahahaha
great post
Thanks for the info. I'm from St.Croix U.S.V.I. we have lizards and salamanders.
I live in the state know. Good to be reminded of how life use to be.
Hello. Nice photos. Follow me
Those lizards seems friendly and not afraid of humans. Lizards like that here run already if they see people.
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I like your post. If there are so many animals here. I am from Aceh @papa-pepper. @bukharisulaiman
I love these little guys. We have so many of them roaming around the garden. Some even dare to come into the house.
awesome read. I never knew what they were