Five Lined Skink

[wonword]

Mine ate crickets and all sorts of warms. I have kept them several times, but the weird thing is, in 8th grade I kept it in a tank with a garder snake! haha but meal warms, they might eat some small earth worms and if its sunny out, some little ants wont hurt to throw in there..

 

[Jfitz]

the blue tail and red head is beautiful!

 

[andyjs]

I almost got them at a show a few years ago, then when I set up a tank for them, the vendor stopped carrying them...

I've never seen them this far north in Ohio, but I've caught them in southern OH

 

[Louie]

I almost got them at a show a few years ago, then when I set up a tank for them, the vendor stopped carrying them...

I've never seen them this far north in Ohio, but I've caught them in southern OH

Wow had no idea they could witstand the cold . Granted they go under ground but thought warm/hot weather lizards .

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Wow had no idea they could witstand the cold . Granted they go under ground but thought warm/hot weather lizards .

Five-Lined Skinks range all the way to southern Canada.

 

[ewurm]

Ewurm, I have kept them. They are hard to catch! And sometimes the tale falls off!

I was thinking that they kept the nice blue color. The adults are kind of bland. How did you keep them?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

You could always keep a look out for Blue Tailed Tree Lizards, Holaspis guentheri. They stay that color and look pretty similar even though they're not a skink.

 

[coura]

You could always keep a look out for Blue Tailed Tree Lizards, Holaspis guentheri. They stay that color and look pretty similar even though they're not a skink.

As a complement I will say its a relatively easy lizard to care for and needs same condicions as tropical anoles

 

[Louie]

Five-Lined Skinks range all the way to southern Canada.

Did not know that. In fact here they disapear from Dec to early March . When night temps get cool.
Would have never thought they could be found in cold areas.

 

[HarlanAshmore]

here theres billions of skinks and dragons blue tongue lizards i found a blue tongue lizard in my garden once i kept it for 3 years that thing was awesome