Bobtail Skink

What is this?? Came across this lizard near the door of a closed Information Center, while on the way to Pinnacles Desert. Was amazed, had never came across such a lizard before, a shy creature moving around, looking for a place to hide and this lizard was probably a pet...

At the Pinnacles Desert Discovery Interpretive Centre, there was a sample of this lizard and other creatures (owls, snakes), so the name is... Bobtail Skink.



Yes, they are treated as pets too. This species has several other nicknames, namely bobtail, pnecone, stumpytail, sleepy lizard, boggi..