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Range: Solomon Islands Habitat: Dense Tropical Forests Natural Diet: Herbivore Diet at Rain Forest: Romaine lettuce, various greens including Collard, Mustard and occasionally Turnip. Fruits such as banana are provided fresh daily. Youngsters are occasionally fed processed baby food based on fruit. Size: Males and females are virtually indistinguishable from each other, each is about 18-20 inches in total length, the Solomon Island skink is the largest of all living skinks. RainForest Facts: A
fascinating lizard that gives birth to live babies, the normal birth is one
youngster, on occasion a second is born. The prehensile-tail skink
faces serious pressures from loss of habitat in it's natural range.
Status in Wild: Numbers are rapidly declining due to loss of habitat. Not thought to be threatened at this time, exportation has been banned from the primary islands.
RainForest Adventures zoo, Smoky Mountains, Tennessee near Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge TN |
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During
World War II the animals natural range was the site of extremely serious
fighting between the Japanese and the Allies, much loss of habitat occurred
during the early 1940's