Blue Tongued Skinks

Blue tongued skinks as the name sugests have blue tongues. These are great lizards to keep as pets, we have got 11 of them in total, bluebell is my only girl and also my favorite. She is an adult and is about 20cm long, they are very fat with little legs that look very odd proportioned to there bodys. They dont lay eggs like other reptiles they are live bearers but the babys have to be removed immediatley otherwise the mom will eat them. They naturally live in open woodland in Australia so a wood substrate in there tank would be ideal, they also like a hide box to sleep under. They require a minimum of a 5%uv tube ...  Read the complete review

I have owned a blue tongue skink for ages now. Unfortunately, my Panda Chameleon that I owned died from an eating disorder as it just didn't eat. After two weeks, I came home to discover it dead. It was very small and cute with little pinching feet, but obviously didn't want to eat. As it cost me over £200, I went back to the shop with the dead lizard and being a very nice guy, he offered me a discount off a new lizard. I looked around the shop at the wide variety. I didn't want a Bearded Dragon because both my brothers had one of them, and I didn't want anything that would grow too big. In the end, I decided to buy the blue tongue skink as it was very unique, looked ...  Read the complete review

"Is that a snake? is a comment you will hear a lot as the proud owner of a blue tongue skink. These lizards have very snake like heads and bodies with very small legs. I love reptiles and the latest addition to my collection is Tia, an 18 month old, 18 inch long Irian Jaya. The blue tongue skink gets its name (unsurprisingly) from its brilliant blue tongue. The bright blue contrasts starkly with the pink inside of the skink?s mouth, and if startled or threatened, the skink will puff itself up, open its mouth wide and display its bright blue tongue. This is rarely seen in captive bred skinks as they tame ...  Read the complete review