So, have you ever seen a skink? Or had your dog hunt down and kill one? Nooo, not a skunk (eww, that would suck!)...a Skink.
I swear, I had never heard of such a thing until today.
Last year, we rented our current home for the first time - moved in on June 1st last year. After being here less than a month, my big boy, Shelby, chased something thru the house and eventually caught .... the TAIL anyway. The thing was a long black striped lizard with a blue tail. I just figured it was a cool lizard..but it took 2 weeks for the real live body to come out and yes...Shelby caught that too! lol
Fast forward to an hour ago. We were outside, he goes chasing something around the lawn mower and across the back patio. I saw it go up in the folded lawn chair so I got him over there and slowly opened the lawn chair. Keep in mind this thing was HUGE! It looked like a little snake with legs lol
It flew out..up the wall of the house..jumped a corner and missed..falling into my Shelby's mouth! Score!!! lol
Turns out it is called (after much research) a broad headed skink. The one he caught last year is the same thing but was a juvenile. This one was a mature male "breeding" probably. This link shows the pics of both of them together so I was 100% sure then..
wildherps.com - Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps)