Lizards & Snakes · Squamata

Skinks

Family Scincidae

Smooth, glossy-scaled lizards that move with an almost snake-like ease. Includes the docile, curious, dog-tame blue-tongue skink — a genuinely interactive lizard.

5 species on Baskden · 5 with a full care guide.

Blue Tongue Skink Tiliqua spp. Beginner ✓ Care guide The docile, dog-like omnivore lizard — hardy and full of personality once you learn its varied diet.
Fire Skink Mochlus fernandi (formerly Lepidothyris fernandi) Beginner–Intermediate ✓ Care guide A jewel-toned, secretive skink — stunning red-and-black flanks, though it spends much of its time burrowing.
Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink Tribolonotus gracilis Intermediate ✓ Care guide The tiny "dragon" of the skink world — armoured, orange-eyed and famously shy; a humidity-loving display animal, not a handling pet.
Sandfish Skink Scincus scincus Intermediate ✓ Care guide The skink that 'swims' through sand — a mesmerising desert oddity that spends most of its life buried.
Schneider's Skink Eumeces schneiderii Beginner–Intermediate ✓ Care guide A stout, golden desert skink — hardy, active and one of the more handleable smaller skinks.

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