Talk:Skink

message: I'm confused by the seemingly conflicting statements in the first paragraph: skinks are the "most diverse" group of lizards, but they're the "second largest" family behind geckos. Wouldn't the latter statement invalidate the former?  Rexodus (talk) 15:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Diversity

message: During a storm the other day, I noticed a baby skink crawling by my window.  I nudged him onto my hand and then he moved down my arm and closed his eyes while resting on my lower forearm near my elbow.  I then walked outside to let him go in the garden.  As soon as let him go, he came running back to me and jumped on my foot and crawled up my leg and I let him back on my arm.  The skink wanted to stay with me, therefore I own all of j00.
67.233.161.208 (talk) 01:48, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Real skink stories

message: I don't know how to set this up but it might be practical to redirect searches for 'penny lizard(s)' to this page.Danieljames626 01:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  penny lizard redirection 

message: Does anyone have any info regarding Skinks as house pets?
The article mentions them, but does not go into detail about them. 
Help?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bishoppendragon (talk • contribs) 21:25, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  House pets 

message: I believe that this:  is the source of the part about spiders eating skinks.  I'd like to see a better source — anyone know of any? Thanks Sue D. Nymme (talk) 00:09, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spiders eat them 

message: I'd like to know HOW I keep getting these guys in my house, this is the second time I've caught one now, any ideas what I need to do to stop this?  67.187.91.103 (talk) 22:11, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  House crashing skinks? 

message: just thought I should say that the main picture of a skink (although a good picture) is incorrectly labelled, as it should be labeled Eulamprus quoyii or Eastern water skink rather than Egernia coventryi or the eastern mourning skink  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike of Wikiworld (talk • contribs) 19:01, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I replaced the image with a different one.  DGERobertson (talk) 21:05, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

text: Great picture - but ironically also incorrectly labeled (now corrected). Thats an Eastern bluey (T. scincoides scincoides - enlarged anterior temporal scales, bandit-mask temporal stripe behind eye, distinct transverse banding), not a Blotched (T. nigrolutea - cheek scales of uniform size, no bandit-mask, reticulate pattern on back).Ozraptor4 (talk) 17:25, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The picture of the skink 

message: I can't find the Distribution section. Can someone add it?--TangoFett (talk) 03:59, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Trachylepis maculilabris mating.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on November 1, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-11-01. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng  {chat} 20:22, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Trachylepis maculilabris mating.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: I also raised this on the Gecko discussion page, but am I missing something? On the Skink page it says "With about 1200 described species, the Scincidae are the second most diverse family of lizards, exceeded only by the Gekkonidae (or geckos)" but on the Gecko page it says "Geckos are the second most species rich group of lizards (after skinks), with close to 1,500 different species worldwide" - which is right? Manbilong (talk) 09:22, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Number of species

message: I am pretty sure that this picture does not show a skink with ITS eggs, but rather eggs that it is busy sizig up with a view to feeding on them. There is no way that eggs this size could come out of its cloaca. Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 15:44, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skink with eggs 

message: Accuracy of Largest species...Shouldn't this actually be 81 cm for the largest size it can reach as stated on the wiki for the Solomon Islands Skink  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.238.129.202 (talk) 22:14, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accuracy Issue regarding largest skink.