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Solomon Island Skink — printable fact sheet
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Solomon Island Skink
Corucia zebrata
The Solomon Islands skink (Corucia zebrata) breaks nearly every rule of its family. It is the largest living skink, reaching some 70 to 80 centimetres including the tail, and it is the only skink with a fully prehensile tail, which it uses as a fifth limb to grip branches while …
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- Unlike most lizards, the Solomon Island Skink is a strict herbivore, feeding almost exclusively on leaves and fruits from specific tree species.
- It is the only skink in the world with a truly prehensile tail. Newborns are so large relative to the mother that a birth is closer, proportionally, to a human delivering a five-year-old. Family groups defend a shared territory and both parents guard the baby, which is exceptional among lizards. Hatchlings must eat adult droppings to acquire the gut bacteria needed to ferment leaves.
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