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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Shadow Shot Sunday - 9/12




Knotty weathered wood
Holds a skink with blue tail,
Not a blue-tailed skink!


Per Wikipedia, blue-tailed skinks are native to Australia's Christmas Island, and are not closely related to the Plestiodon skinks found in North America - like this one who would skamper around on the deck of our Vacation Cottage near the Smokey Mountains.  They do look very similar, though.




Here is the view looking from the deck, rather than at it.




5 comments:

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Huh. I would have called it a lizard--and you would have called me mistaken! Hahahaha!


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Jazzbumpa said...

Actually, I would have called you correct. Skinks are lizards.

Cheers!
JzB

dianasfaria.com said...

aww, look at that little guy, I almost didn't see him!

North County Film Club said...

I love lizards...and/or skinks. They make such delicate little shadows.
Barbara

urban muser said...

he's a cute little guy. i don't think i have ever even heard the word skink.