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Fire Skink — printable fact sheet
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Fire Skink
Mochlus fernandi
The Fire Skink is a brightly colored, medium-sized lizard native to West and Central Africa, renowned for its vivid red, gold, and black scales. Highly secretive and terrestrial, it spends much of its time burrowing beneath leaf litter and logs in humid forest environments. Its …
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- Fire Skinks are capable of regenerating their tails after shedding them, though the new tail is often less vibrant and differently shaped than the original.
- Fire Skinks can shed their tails as a defense mechanism to escape predators. Despite their vibrant colors, they are quite shy and prefer to hide under debris. Their scales are especially iridescent, reflecting light in a way that makes them appear to glow.
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