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Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...
Red-eyed crocodile skinks are carnivorous with a particular taste for insects. The standard diet of red eye skinks consists of grubs, crickets, and most worms such as earth, wax, and meal. Animals in captivity are typically fed vitamin D3 to help maintain their scales and health, however overconsumption can lead to lethargy and illness.
This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while ...
red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink: Tribolonotus gracilis de Rooij, 1909: New Guinea white-eyed crocodile skink: Tribolonotus novaeguineae (Schlegel, 1834) Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea Tribolonotus parkeri Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017: Buka Island Giant spiny skink, Poncelet's helmet skink: Tribolonotus ponceleti Kinghorn ...
Together with the Great Plains skink it is the largest of the "Plestiodon skinks", growing from a total length of 15 cm (5.9 in) to nearly 33 cm (13 in). A male broad-headed skink, illustration from Holbrook's North American Herpetology, 1842. The broad-headed skink gets its name from the wide jaws, giving the head a triangular appearance.
The social bond and parental attention of reptiles appears equal in circulus containing egg-laying reptiles compared to those with live bearing reptiles. Another case of egg-laying lizards with a circulus is the red-eyed crocodile skink (Tribolonotus gracilis). The female will sit on the egg and guard the young.
Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well as many extinct taxa.
Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger, 1973 – Admiralty spiny skink, Brongersma's helmet skink; Tribolonotus choiseulensis Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017; Tribolonotus gracilis de Rooij, 1909 – red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink; Tribolonotus novaeguineae (Schlegel, 1834) – white-eyed crocodile skink; Tribolonotus parkeri ...