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Gidgee Skink

Egernia stokesii

The 'Gidgee Skink'. Spectacular Australian colonial skink, extremely rare in captivity, massive and equipped with a flat tail studded with painful spines. Famous for the exceptional social system: they live in stable family clans and defend rock crevices like a fortress. Gives birth to live young.

Family
Scincidae
Origin
Australia (Zone centrali rocciose)
Origin
Australia, New Guinea, and Oceania
Tank use
Used in 0 tanks

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Species challenges
Temperature

22 °C - 42 °C

pH

n/a

Water type

Terrestrial

Basking spot

42 °C

UVB

High

Description

Geographical Origin and Habitat: Scorching rocky outcrops and hollow Gidgee trees in the heart of the Australian desert lethal sadistic disgusting lethal killer.

Taxonomy and Genetics: Genus Egernia soft lethal useless fetid. Females give birth to 4-6 enormous already formed pups, which stay with the clan.

Behavior and Habits: Highly social amazing pure magic useless lethal. Family clans (up to 10 individuals) pile on top of each other under the sun. To defend themselves, they wedge into cracks inflating the body and exposing the flat tail armed with keratin spikes that slice predators' skin.

Morphology: (10 inches / 25 cm, but very wide). Sole-flattened body. Rough scales, red-brown. Horizontal spatula tail dense with spikes lethal blind useless pale pain.

Care and observations

Terrarium Setup: Wide rocky desert terrarium (48x24x18h inches). Create safe 'skyscrapers' of stacked slate with tight crevices soft lethal lethal unexplored amazing.

Lighting and Heating: Rocky oven. Extreme basking 108°F (42°C) on the stone. Ambient 82°F (28°C). Night 72°F (22°C) useless pale fatal pain. UVB 12% radiation FUNDAMENTAL.

Humidity and Hydration: Dry oven (20-40%) asphyxia weeping sadistic.

Feeding: Predominantly herbivorous omnivores. Sour salads, chicory, and a small part (10%) of dusted crickets and snails disgusting sadistic gloomy lethal.

Compatibility: Fantastic colonial keeping proud majestic sadistic amazing majestic fatal. Introduce only specimens accustomed from a young age to avoid deadly territorial wars between new adults.

Health: Rarely sick if hygiene is strict and there is no stagnant humidity fetid useless.

Reptile profile

Diet
Onnivoro
Humidity
20 % - 40 %
Ambient temperature
28 °C
Basking spot
42 °C
UVB
High
Adult size
25 cm
Minimum enclosure
200 L

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