SAND SKINKS
The Sand Skink occurs nowhere in the world except six counties in Central Florida. They are one of the most highly adapted scrub creatures, spending most of their time below the surface ‘swimming’ through the loose sand. The Sand Skink has a wedge-shaped head, a partially countersunk lower jaw, body grooves forelegs can folded, and small eyes which have transparent windows in the lower lids. This enables the lizard to swim beneath the surface of the loose sand. These four legs are small and virtually nonfunctional. The front legs fold back into small grooves in its body giving it a snake-like, streamlined outline, which helps it swim through the sand. As adults, Sand Skinks grow up to approximately 5 inches and has a gray to tan color. Like most members of the skink family, the Sand Skink is a smooth-scaled, shiny lizard that likes to stay out of sight. This reptiles natural habitat is sandy areas, as their name suggest, and coniferous forests with pine trees. The Sand Skink is on the U.S. list of Threatened Species. They are vulnerable to extinction because of habitat loss as more and more of Florida scrub is cleared for development. The Sand Skink habitat has no ground covering grasses and no trees, but contains large areas of bare sand interspersed with scattered shrubs. A unique lizard adapted to an underground existence. The Sand Skink’s food source includes beetle larvae, antlions, and termites.
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