The Florida Keys mole skink is one of the rarest and most mysterious of Florida natives. This small, five-inch-long lizard has shiny, armor-like scales, a pinkish-red tail and a brown body. It's a ...

Adorned with a light-pink tail, the Cedar Key mole skink lives exclusively on the shorelines of the Cedar Key islands, along roughly 10 miles of Florida’s Gulf Coast. The lizards burrow in dry sand ...

During his visit, Hoskin searched the island’s rainforests and noticed some unfamiliar-looking lizards, the study said ... Some adult skinks had “regrown” tails. Males and females of ...