In many skink species, the bebes have blue tails! #Skinktober
I just found out that @blackmudpuppy.bsky.social#skinktober, and if you think I'm going to use that as an excuse to post a daily picture of Grendel, you would be absolutely correct.
Skinktober! Every day is a new skink!
Skinks have an evolutionary tendency towards both elongation and miniaturization, so as they evolve to be longer, they often evolve to be skinnier! This makes length a poor measure of bigness๐งช๐ฆ #Skinktober
Many skink species have evolved reduced limbs or gotten rid of limbs altogether! Limb reduction & loss is a common theme among lizards & snakes academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....#Skinktober ๐งช๐ฆ