Skink

Skinks are reptiles that appear in The Lion King franchise. 
== Information ==
A trait apparent in nearly all species of skink is a love of digging and burrowing. They also use their tongues to sniff the air and track their prey.
As a family, skinks are cosmopolitan; species occur in a variety of habitats worldwide, apart from boreal and polar regions. Various species occur in ecosystems ranging from deserts and mountains to grasslands.
Striped skinks are bronze and yellow. Fire skinks have bright colors of red, gold and black. Males have bulkier bodies while females have flatter heads and wider jaws. Western rock skinks are small, having a blue tail and a striped brown, black, cream, or gray stripes running down the length of their bodies. Sandfish skinks are yellow to caramel in color with brown-black cross bands on the body. To an untrained eye, its scales appear oily. African five-lined skinks are olive to dark brown with white spots and three stripes running from the head to the electric-blue tail of the skink. Emerald tree skinks are bright green and can have brown or black speckles on the body.
== Appearances in Fanfiction ==
Here are all the fanfictions that this animal makes an appearance in that are on this wiki. If your fanfiction includes skinks, add it to this list.
* The Dark Roar Returns 
* The Lion Guard: Bleeding Scars
* Legends of the Lion Guard
**Legends of the Lion Guard: Protectors of the Pride Lands
**Legends of the Lion Guard: Battle for the Pride Lands
**Legends of the Lion Guard: The Dark Prophecy
*A Hyena's Tale
*Pride Rock Chronicles
==Skinks on the Wiki==
All skinks on the wiki can be found here.
== Gallery ==
Category:Animals
Category:Skinks
Category:Reptiles
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