These snakes, with their “bright grass green” bodies and “serrated” reddish-brown markings ... a new species of skink, the Scawfell Island sun skink (Lampropholis isla), was discovered.

The six-toothed rainbow skink is a lizard that doesn't have six teeth and its scales are definitely more brown than rainbow — although they do have a certain iridescence. And despite not being ...

The Florida Keys mole skink is one of the rarest and most mysterious of Florida natives. This small, five-inch-long lizard has shiny, armor-like scales, a pinkish-red tail and a brown body. It's a ...