Skinks

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=SKINKS=
 * The **scientific name** of a skink is **Tiliqua Multigasciata**.

**1.HABITAT**

 * Most live on ground.
 * Some are found in trees, on rocks, and even underground.

**2.RANGE**
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 * Found worlds wide.
 * mostly found in the Great Forests of Africa and Indoausralia.
 * Some live in wooded areas of the Southern United States.

**3.DIET**
=INTERESTING FACT!=
 * Generally carnivores.
 * Largely eats insects, spiders, earthworms, snails, slugs, isopods, and other lizards.
 * **THERE ARE ABOUT 1,1OO SPECIES OF SKINKS!!**

4.STATUS

 * Some species are endangered.

5.PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

 * Skinks get to be as large as 25 inches.
 * Short legged
 * Slender bodied
 * Long tailed
 * Wide head
 * Usually gray or brown on back and lighter on belly.

6.REPRODUCTION

 * Skinks can have up to 25 young
 * The mother will have them in her placenta for 150 days.
 * Young leave there parents days after birth.

**INTERESTING FACT!**

 * **Skinks break theirs tails (autotomy) when they are confronted by an enemy or roughly handled.**

7.RELATIONSHIP TO PEOPLE

 * Used as pets.
 * Very common in Australia.

**8.STATUS**

 * Some species are endangered.

9.HISTORY

 * Ancestors of geckos and lizards.

10.BEHAVIOR AND ADAPTATIONS

 * Most active during the day

11.SOURCES

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/skinks
 * http://kaweahoaks.com/html/skinks.htm