MONOGAMOUS MONDAY REPTILE!
KYLE LOWDER

A REPTILE SPECIES THAT STAYS WITH THE SAME PARTNER FOR LIFE! LOYALTY? FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER AFTER DEATH? SKINK!

That’s awesome that a reptile has the same partner and even defends her through life if one dies the other can be seen hanging around defending the other for up to 3 days later! They follow and track eachother by a scent trail!

“Tiliqua rugosa is a unique species of skink with many common names. Bobtails, shinglebacks, sleepy lizards, and pinecone skinks are just some of the very appropriate names used to describe this robust, slow-moving reptile. Being a Tiliqua species, they share many traits with their bluetongue cousins, not least their defensive posture and iconic tongue. However, shinglebacks also display complex courtship routines, with one subspecies Tiliqua rugosa asper (the Eastern bobtail) sometimes returning to the same partner each year for 20+ years – making it one of the only truly monogamous reptiles on the planet.”

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