The second largest lizard species in the Southeast, second to the Glass Lizard (this lizard has no limbs! Just like a snake!), the Broadhead s the largest skink species. It can grow up to a foot in length. I caught the big fella pictured above right in my backyard with the help of my dog, a Yorkie named Hadley. From my experience, this big lizards are ferocious killers. Within in seconds of dropping a grasshopper into his cage the skink would chase and devour it. Once he grabbed hold of his prey he rolled with it, which reminded me of a gator! Very interesting to watch. This species, like every species of skink, is shy and non-aggressive to humans. Even upon capture he refused to bite my hand. A Broadhead Skink spends most its time up trees so it was a very wonderful surprise to find one sunbathing on my back porch! He put up a good run, too. To tell the difference between males and females: males have a bright red head such as the one pictured. Females have blue tails and are similar in appearance to a ten-lined skink, a common skink down here in the South.
Don't hesitate to ask me any questions! I love to talk about any animal.
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