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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.
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 ...
The white-eyed crocodile skink (Tribolonotus novaeguineae) is a species of insectivorous lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea . [ 2 ]
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.
Schmidt's helmet skink (Tribolonotus schmidti), also known commonly as Schmidt's crocodile skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands .
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 ...
Mabuyinae is a subfamily of lizards, commonly known as skinks, within the family Scincidae. [1] The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the Mabuya group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. [2]