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Prehensile-tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)
This is another reptile shot taken at Chester Zoo's Tropical Realm last Sunday.
The prehensile-tailed skink is a large lizard (the largest belonging to the family Scincidae), growing up to 80 cm in length. It is native to the Asian Solomon Islands, and possesses a prehensile (grasping) tail and four sturdy limbs equipped with very sharp claws. It is olive green is colour. It is a powerful climber and spends most of its life in the treetops eating leaves, flowers and fruit. It is primarily nocturnal, spending the day curled up in a hollow tree trunk or hidden in dense foliage. Breeding takes place in spring and a single youngster (or more rarely twins) is born seven or eight months later. The youngster is relatively large at birth: up to 25 cm in length and weighing over 100 g. The mother will guard her offspring for several weeks or months and will challenge any intruders. Young skinks mature and breed in around 3 years and live for around 25 years.
Thanks for looking and any comments and critique are more than welcome and valued!
Wishing a very Happy Easter to all!!
Comments (32)
JeffG7BRJ
Fantastic detail Carl, it looks a bit like a cross between tortoise and snake, looking at the head. A nice informative narrative as well. Excellent work. Bravo!!!!!
countess8
fantastic shot i agree looks like a cross between a tortoise and snake, at first glance i thought it was a tortoise emerging from his hell great shot and imformation too cj xx
hansklerk
Excellent macro shot.
fredster66
Amazing shot Carl. Excellent work!
dorothylee
Great close up portrait!
sharky_
Very excellent capture... Outstanding. Aloha
BibbyBear
What a lovely smile this little fella has and gorgeous green eyes! A perfect pose and a very apt title to go with it too. I don't recall seeing any of these when at Chester Zoo so I must have been busy taking shots of birds? A great capture Carl and superbly composed. Hugs Chrissy xox
delaorden_ojeda
happy Easter to you too ! Again a fantastic capture, excelent close up and superb detalis, bravo !
sintoock
Excellente capture, superbe image!!
JaneEden
Amazing detail in this excellent shot! hugs Jane xx
durleybeachbum
Superb!
amlondono
whouao !! , excellent shot ! Ana
ledwolorz
Fantastic macro.
babuci
This is amazing. Excelent macro.
saretta
Stunning shot of this amazingly beautiful creature,love it!!:-)
mairekas
Fantastic shot!!!
kimariehere
loved learning about the skink and you have done a fabulous image of him peeking down love how his green eye matches the dof !
moochagoo
Looks like he is thinking :)
Janiss
I agree moochago... fantastic capture my friend!
BrightSideUp
Scary looking thing... Fantastic detail and focus, and the colour is striking
aljaysart
Great capture Carl, i like the scale textures, excellent well done
G_Mansco
Really a splendid capture, love it's tones ;O)
Hendesse
Impressive reptile, excellent captured. Looks fantastic!
Isha-NightWalker
Beautiful creature. Marvelous shot! Great composition, it has got good camouflage there :)
mickuk50
the detail is so impressive carl ,its just an all round superb shot :o) mick
rainbows
A wonderful capture Carl, superb composition. Excellent work, dear friend. Hugs. Di. xx
CavalierLady
Great POV and lovely tones of green all around. Nicely captured!
Kelena
wonderful image:)
Dianthus
Lovely capture and excellent Dof:)
vlaaitje
what a great shot, I do like the lighting and colours, excellent details, and such a lovely green eye...well taken