Though widespread and popular in the pet trade, we know very little about their natural history. In this study, lead by undergraduate student Ethan Livingston, we characterized their thermal biology. This Includes one of the highest temperature tolerances *ever recorded* for a vertebrate!

Check out our first study with sandfish skinks (Scincus scincus)!

Published in the Journal of Herpetology and available now (open access):
doi.org/10.1670/2317...