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Blue-tailed skink has gone extinct in Hawaii, scientists say

The copper striped blue-tailed skink (Emoia impar) has become extinct from the Hawaiian islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said today. The skink, a sleek lizard with smooth, polished scales and a ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Blue-tailed skink vanishes from its habitat in Hawaii

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. According to the Bishop Museum website, Hawaii is the ...
Daily Press

LITTLE BLUE LIZARD CAN DROP TAIL TO FLEE DANGER

Have you ever stepped outside your house and seen a lizard with a blue tail scurry across your porch? Chances are it was a five-lined skink, a reptile that spends a lot of its time around houses and ...
WESH

The Science of It: Skinks

AND IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS MORNING WE ARE LEARNING THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE REPTILES CALLED SKINKS. WESH 2’S METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA TOOK A BREAK FROM THE WEATHER CENTER TO BRING US INTO THEIR ...
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Leapin' lizards - skinks are special

Mr. Googie got us little kids really going. "Today," announced Mr. G., a Grace Church Camp counselor in Palisades Interstate Park 50 years ago, "you're going to see the blue-tailed skink! It's a ...
West Central Tribune

Outdoors: ‘Blue devils’ still lurk among the rock outcrops

In recent years, those who venture out on the rugged, rock outcrops along the Minnesota River in parts of Renville, Chippewa and Yellow Medicine counties have reported difficulty in finding the ...