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| SKINK | |||||||
| Family SCINCIDAE | |||||||
| Description: | |||||||
| This skink is brown to pinkish brown with a light coloured bar on the nape. The underbelly and chin is often yellow. The Three-clawed Worm-skink has short limbs with the forefoot having three digits and the hindlimb reduced to a clawless stump.. | |||||||
| Size: | |||||||
| Adults 20 - 38 cm | |||||||
| Behaviour: | |||||||
| The Three-clawed Worm-skink will discard it's tail if handled roughly or picked up by the tail. | |||||||
| Prey: | |||||||
| Feeds on invertebrates found in the soil. | |||||||
| Reproduction: | |||||||
| Females lay up to 11 eggs. | |||||||
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