Animal Fact Files's video: Emerald Skink facts: not always green Animal Fact Files

Emerald skinks, or emerald tree skinks (or green tree skinks!), are skinks that live throughout Indo-Pacific islands. There are three (or four, depending on who you ask) living species of emerald tree skinks - though not all the species appear green! These lizards are common in human settles around where they live but they spend most of their time in trees - they're arboreal animals! Scientific Name: Genus - Lamprolepis Range: Indo-Pacific islands Size: up to four inches (10cm) in body length Diet: fruit, nectar, arthropods like wasps, beetles, and ants as well as other invertebrates Lifespan: 5 years in the wild You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: jeld - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZD-VlNbHV8 Lizzardo Giganticus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAyq__F16w Credits via Flickr: hape662 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/8259447@N06/26330659718; https://www.flickr.com/photos/8259447@N06/26330654268; https://www.flickr.com/photos/8259447@N06/49574108916 Pavel Kirillov - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/38640720915 Drew Avery - https://www.flickr.com/photos/33590535@N06/4339464590 Credits via Wiki Users: Daderot - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprolepis_smaragdina_-_Copenhagen_Zoo_-_DSC09092.JPG Editor abcdef - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprolepis_smaragdina_2.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprolepis_smaragdina.JPG rbrausse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprolepis_nieuwenhuisi_distribution.png Other attributions: Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodriguez D, Jose E, Diesmos A - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprolepis_smaragdina_philippinica_from_Palanan_-_ZooKeys-266-001-g060.jpg Mark O'Shea - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lamprolepis_cf._smaragdina.jpg Casey Clark Sumalinog - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/69412867; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/69145536 James Telford - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/65117705 thibaudaronson - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/40525867; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/39928364; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/39750139; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/34868557 Possums' End - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/30347690 Websites used for research collection: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=173993 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Elsevier_s_Dictionary_of_Reptiles/flNRoNKHq80C https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Lamprolepis&exact=genus&submit=Search https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biogeography_of_Australasia/IRiAAQAAQBAJ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lizards_of_the_World/HAb5DwAAQBAJ https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lamprolepis&species=smaragdina&search_param=%28%28reference%3D%27Wilhelm+Peters%27%29%29 https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lamprolepis&species=nieuwenhuisii&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Lamprolepis%27%29%29 https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lamprolepis&species=leucosticta&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Lamprolepis%27%29%29 https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/emerald-skink.htm https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.12022?casa_token=iLRnFv8ejJgAAAAA%3AsCPTHxmDPzIW1SEIc9XP3Z0kMDyxus3hMQbIkLaJdHzDEYQ7d-naXpirxnOaohkI2g5v6x6ca54tgdw https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936315 http://www.asiatic-herpetological.org/Archive/Volume2010/10_29.pdf https://reptilesly.com/emerald-tree-skink-care-sheet https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/emerald-tree-skink This video is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ )*. *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original