“They have obviously a bright blue shimmering tail, but the rest of their body is also quite colourful, almost rainbow in appearance … sort of a golden back and the front of the lizard, around the head, they’re almost a brassy burnt-red colour.”
Scientific Classification
KINGDOM
Animalia
PHYLUM
Chordata
CLASS
Reptilia
ORDER
Squamata
FAMILY
Scincidae
GENUS
Cryptoblepharus
Location
Eastern US
Reptile
Omnivore
Habitat
Forest, Artificial/Terrestrial
Food
Crickets, Beetles, Flies, Grasshoppers, Spiders, and even Earthworms.