Until recently, the Prehensile-tailed Skink, Corucia zebrata, was relatively rare in private collections. Nowadays, specimens can be obtained through most any herptile-oriented pet shop.
... Corucia zebrata ( Gray ) Corucia zebrata Gray , P. Z. S. , 1855 , p . 218 , pl . 8 . Corucia zebrata Boulenger , Cat . Liz . Brit . Mus . , 3 , 1887 , p . 142 . This gigantic scinc seems to be rare , for Dr. Mann secured only one ...
... Corucia zebrata ( Gray ) Corucia zebrata Gray , P. Z. S. , 1855 , p . 218 , pl . 8 . Corucia zebrata Boulenger , Cat . Liz . Brit . Mus . , 3 , 1887 , p . 142 . This gigantic scinc seems to be rare , for Dr. Mann secured only one ...
... Corucia zebrata ) . It was a female , and in the oviduct I came upon an egg , which my natives appropriated , saying that it was very good food ; but they do not usually eat the flesh . I was unable from want of space to keep more than ...
... CORUCIA ZEBRATA . ( Plate VII . fig . 3. ) Corucia zebrata , Gray , 1. c . p . 218 , pl . viii . The head is thick , triangular , distinct from the neck , the upper surface perfectly plane , the sides nearly vertical ; the snout is very ...
... CORUCIA ZEBRATA . ( Plate VII . fig . 3. ) Corucia zebrata , Gray , 1. c . p . 218 , pl . viii . The head is thick , triangular , distinct from the neck , the upper surface perfectly plane , the sides nearly vertical ; the snout is very ...
... Corucia Corucia zebrata, the Solomon Islands' Prehensile-tailed Skink, was a notable event among herpetoculturists when it first became widely available in the trade, but it should make an even larger impression on natural historians ...