What kinda of lizard is this??

[bjhooper82]

I've been seeing a bunch of these big lizards in my yard lately. The one in the pictures has a green tint with an orange head. I've also been seeing some with a black body and blue stripes down its back. ImageUploadedByTapatalkHD1397838351.915598.jpg
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[Mako19]

Skank???

[RickLafayette]

It's not a lizard per se. It belongs to the family of newts / salamanders.

[RickLafayette]

common newt

[bgizzle]

I always called em skinks


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[dennissonnier]

Bet it would make good fishing bait.

[YellowMouth7]

100% skink

[Smalls]

That's a skink, looks like maybe a broad-headed skink. Member of the lizard family. Funny, you normally don't see them much. They are pretty secretive critters that like leaf litter. They never stray far from cover.

[DVM]

Broadhead skink

[keakar]

its a type of salamander they like wet damp dark areas like under houses or swampy areas and they stink bad if you try to make one a pet like my brother inlaw did, took about a week and the whole room was funky lol.

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by keakar

its a type of salamander they like wet damp dark areas like under houses or swampy areas and they stink bad if you try to make one a pet like my brother inlaw did, took about a week and the whole room was funky lol.

Salamanders are amphibians, skinks are reptiles. Two completely different groups, and skinks are not exclusive to swamps or dark damp areas. In fact, many live in piney woods and prairies.

[Ratdog]

Originally Posted by Smalls

Salamanders are amphibians, skinks are reptiles. Two completely different groups, and skinks are not exclusive to swamps or dark damp areas. In fact, many live in piney woods and prairies.

Yes ..red throught . Stack wood they love it. They get big big. Some have the skank blue tail male I think not shore about that but the have colonies if you see one likely in stacked woon thirty or more. They sun and eat the tree roach da big one .

Don't kill good to have and a good enviro marker. No bad chemicals around.

And I mean they get big.

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by Ratdog

Yes ..red throught . Stack wood they love it. They get big big. Some have the skank blue tail male I think not shore about that but the have colonies if you see one likely in stacked woon thirty or more. They sun and eat the tree roach da big one .

Don't kill good to have and a good enviro marker. No bad chemicals around.

And I mean they get big.

What he said. Lol.

Those ones with the blue tails are my favorites. Real pretty with that blue tail. There are a few species that are like that as juveniles. I don't think any retain it to adulthood though.

[duckman1911]

Its a skink. We have a ton of them around our house. They are neat little critters. We have lots of skinks, toads, and scorpions. I could do without the scorpions for sure.lol

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by Ratdog

Yep wrong thread . And when he quoted me he got a flag for harassment and put n my ignore list.

Sorry guys I attract a holes big time .

Whoa!! That's the first time I've ever read one of your comments and understood it 100%. Lmao!

[Ratdog]

Originally Posted by Smalls

Whoa!! That's the first time I've ever read one of your comments and understood it 100%. Lmao!

No problem jus keep in mind not every one is a carbon copy.

[bjhooper82]

Originally Posted by Smalls

That's a skink, looks like maybe a broad-headed skink. Member of the lizard family. Funny, you normally don't see them much. They are pretty secretive critters that like leaf litter. They never stray far from cover.

I see quite a few around my house here in Lafayette. Mostly the black and blue ones. That one in the picture was the biggest one I've seen so far. I also have a ton of geckos that stay by by security lights at night eating bugs.