The lizard dug a hole, and is now resting in his hollow log.

One of the big advantages of a "bioactive" reptile enclosure like Jerry's is that it does encourage natural behaviours. Having a soil-like substrate, a layer of leaf litter, and lots of isopods running around prompts Jerry to poke and scratch around in the leaves and dirt like a wild blue tongue would. This is good enrichment for his little lizard brain.

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One of the neighbourhood water skinks on the footpath in front of our house this morning, trying to soak up some warmth in a gap between rain showers.

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Resting his chin on the rock where his food bowl gets put, looking for all the world like he's thinking "Why is there no food here? This is where my food normally appears. I definitely should be getting food right now. Can't you see I'm wasting away."

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Nový druh beznohého madagaskarského scinka s názvem, který člověk jistě nezapomene! Autři jeho popisu navrhují, aby byl veden jako ohrožený druh, kvůli fragmentaci jeho písečného habitatu. Seznamte se s pozoruhodným druhem Zig zag.

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https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2026/02/zig-zag-nove-popsany-druh-scinka-z.html

A new species of legless Malagasy skink with a name that one surely cannot forget! The authors of its description propose it to be listed as Endangered based on the fragmentation of its sandy habitat. Meet the remarkable Zig zag.

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https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2026/02/zig-zag-nove-popsany-druh-scinka-z.html

A 30cm skink just now.

Cropped from a larger max resolution image, so you can zoom in for lots of detail—not too far, it's only a resaved phone pic!

I get lots of skinks, typically only ~10-15cm long—as you can see, they get bigger. We also get blue & pink tongues, which are longer & much wider skinks.

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