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05-08-2002, 08:54 PM
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A friend was telling me about a lizard that is hanging around his house, and I have not heard of anything like this in AL. It's about a foot long, red/auburn head, large mouth, about as big around as a half dollar or so, and the base color is a dark green. Any ideas on what it may be? Thanks.
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05-08-2002, 09:12 PM
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Did It look similar to this lizard?
Thiat is a pic of a Broad headed skink. It ranges throughout the southeast and the red head coloration occurs in males during breeding season.
I got this info and the pic from the SPARC - Student Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation page. This was stop # 23 on their Amphibians and Reptiles of the South East project.
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05-08-2002, 09:18 PM
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How do they do as pets? He has confirmed that that is what it is...and we are thinking of making it the "household pet". Thanks again.
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05-08-2002, 10:09 PM
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I personally don't know about how well they do as captives but this is the sparks page I got thie above info from:
http://www.parcplace.org/education/sparc/trip23.htm
This page was put together by UGA
http://www.uga.edu/srel/broad.htm
I would think that their care is similar to that of the 5 lined skink since they are similar animals occupying the same niche. You mite check out ReptileHouse's care sheet on 5 lined skinks:
http://www.reptileallsorts.com/basic-flskink-cs.htm
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05-08-2002, 11:08 PM
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My one cent...
They are highly arboreal, so ear that in mind when considering a cage for them...
He's probably fairly old (for a lizard) at that size (I beleive the largest recorded size is 13" but I don't know if that's overall or SVL) so he might not acclimate well to captivity...
but if you notice he doesn't, you can always release him back where you found him...
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