Lizard and Spider

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:52 pm

There you go Ken. An excellent reptile photo and you caught him eating...an added plus. Is this one of those "belly on the ground" photo shoots. Looks likes some kind of Skink. Could be a Coal Skink--Eumeces anthracinus...or maybe a Five-lined--E. fasciatus or a Southern five-lined Skink--E. inexpectatus. All are native to your area.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:02 pm

Well what ever it is, it's eating just what I want it to. Maybe there is a way to cultivate more of these arachnid munchers.

Thanks Doug!

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:07 pm

Yea, your right, I didn`t even think about that Ken.

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:56 am

I like all three shots Ken. Reminds me of a skink I kept for about a year when I was a kid living in Malta. I used to feed it on insects and small grass hoppers. Sadly it died and I felt very guilty wondering if I'd missed something critical from its diet.

I wonder what differentiates a skink from a lizard?

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:05 pm

Good question Bruce.

Just looking at this one here, it could be that lizards have rough and pointed scales, whereas this fellow is quite smooth, shiny, and exhibits lines running along the abdomen. Most of the lizards I see around here are roughly scaled and lack these markings. Every so often I do see a metallic blue one and I have always called these Skinks too.

Thanks Bruce

twebster · Post by **twebster** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:17 pm

Ken Ramos wrote:Well what ever it is, it's eating just what I want it to. Maybe there is a way to cultivate more of these arachnid munchers.

Thanks Doug!

Yup

Raise more arachnids

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:21 pm

Tom replied:

Raise more arachnids

No, no, no, noooooo....!