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Old 07-21-2002, 06:31 PM
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I have 1 female blue tail skink. I My mema just found a blue tail skink in her yeard. She lives a long way from me & brot the skink to me. She said she would of killed it if she did not think of me. So I kept it as a pet. I wont to know can I put her in with my other one. the old one is 5" long & my new one is 8" long.
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What is your old one? Another blue tail?
Even if it is, prolly be best to quarentine it from the others for a while, just to make sur ya don't get one or the other sick.
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Old 07-21-2002, 09:16 PM
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ok but yes thay are both blue tail. Does any one know how to tall female from male. I just wont to make sure.
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That I'm not sure of.
Also, I moved this one to the miscellanious lizards forum...
Please look at what you are posting in before posting cause I've moved neary 75% of what you have posted into the proper forums for the subject matter of what you posted on....
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Old 07-22-2002, 02:02 AM
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Where is the miscellanious lizards forum. See A lot is new to me.
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I know, just look at the top of the screen where it says forums, click it and you'll see all the forums!
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I know im not the biggest lizard person here but a blue Tail skink? not blue tongue skink?
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Old 07-22-2002, 03:27 AM
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Yes blue tail skink not blue tongue.
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Old 07-22-2002, 03:31 AM
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Ok thanks for talling me where the forum was. Will a anole go in a tank with a blue tail skink?
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No! definately not a good idea. I've had a look around for your blue tail skink an kind find a few references but not many, but their care seems to be the same as other skinks.'Cos you said your mom caught one in her yard i'm pressuming its a blue tail native to America and not the African type? The main problem isn't that they are from different countries but that they like different habitats. The skink like a desert set up with sand, low humidity and they do not climb where as an anoles set up should be on bark with plenty of climbing spots and they like a bit of humidity.
These are links to 2 care sheets which may help more, I know your skink isn't a blue tongue but I couldn't find a specific sheet for them.
Blue tongue skink
Green anoles
Good luck with your skink, do you have any pics? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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You couldn't find a specific care sheet because just about every skink in north american has a blue tail at some point in it's life. Georgia's skink species are about the same as North Carolinas

Coal Skink, Eumeces anthracinus (blue tail as juvenile)
Mole Skink, Eumeces egregius
Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus (blue tail as juvenile)
Southeastern Five-lined Skink, Eumeces inexpectatus (blue tail as juvenile)
Broadhead Skink, Eumeces laticeps (blue tail as juvenile)
Ground Skink, Scincella lateralis

Now, if the 8" measurement is accurate, that rules out the ground skink and the coal skink.
The broad head is the only one that gets much over 9", it can reach 13", thus an 8" skink with a blue tail native to Georgia leads me to believe it is a Braodhead Skink as it's conceivable for it to be 8" and still have a blueish tail...whereas the other species at 8" are almost maximum length and therefore would be unlikely to retain their blue tail coloration.
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Broad-headed skinks are semi-arboreal lizards, that is, ones that spend a good deal of time in trees, where they search for food, sleep, seek shelter from predators, and brood eggs, but also spend much time on the ground. They usually occur in deciduous forests, reaching by far their greatest abundance in stands dominated by live oaks, especially large trees having holes. They can tolerate a wide range of moisture conditions from swamps to relatively dry upland with sandy soil.

Condition wise I think you could house them with an Anole, but size wise, I think the broadhead would literally stress the Anole to death, they get much larger both in length and bulk...
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Here's a link to John White's lizard page, see if you can spot the beast in question...

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It is a Five-lined Skink I know it is becoue of where I live thay are all over. & the skink is all most brown with five yellow lines.
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Well then, ya can't just rename your species on a whim!

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If we ALL did that then could ya see just how confusing it would all be?

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The skink my mom got was in my yeard. I had him for 3 years. The one my mema got is biger &amp; older than mine. but my mema said that she lives in a woods like me I live in a woods so the skinks both live in woods like tanks i think. I think I just confused my self.
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Um, honey, the word is YARD, not yeard
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