New Broad Banded Sand Swimmers (DUW)

[PhilK]

Picked these little tackers up from a bloke named Greg, he was an absolute champ and a pleasure to deal with. He gave them to me for a decent price, and was very helpful with all my questions.. He was even nice enough to show me around his (very impressive) collection - I'm very jealous of him and my 'I want to own that one day list' has grown considerably.

Anyway, I took heaps of photos that I hope are alright (not easy, seeing as they won't stop moving and keep diving in and out of the sand!). When I got them home they were going to go straight into their enclosure, but they're SO small I decided I'd put them in a smaller one for a while (so I actually get to see them). I've included pictures of the bigger enclosure too.

I just gave them two tiny roaches each which they gobbled up with relish.. one even stalked a roach from under the sand which was awesome to see. They already burst out of the sand when I take their lid off!

Anyway I'll shut up now, here are the photos!

These are of them in their current home:

These are of their home to come - you can see why I didn't put them in there straight away!:

These are some pictures of them! Hope they're OK

Sorry for all the photos, hope you like them!

 

[Teal]

How cute are they! Very nice!

Both of those set ups are spectacular.. but you're right, you'd never see them in the larger one!

 

[Beardo]

Those are very cool lizards....never seen them before. I've kept the Egyptian Sandfish Skinks before and they're pretty neat lizards. I assume those are some sort of skink as well? They remind me of Womas with their pattern.

 

[dtknow]

sci name? not S. scincus thats for sure.

 

[PhilK]

sci name? not S. scincus thats for sure.

Eremiascincus richardsonii is their binomial name.. So no, they are not S. scincus.. but then again, I never said they were

 

[jme]

those are awsome little lizards i love the pick of the guy just pokeing his head out of the sand :clap:

 

[PhilK]

those are awsome little lizards i love the pick of the guy just pokeing his head out of the sand :clap:

Thanks! Yeah they do that a lot. Lie submerged with only their heads poking out, with a little white pyramid of sand on their heads. Very cute.

They've been great so far.. very active and entertaining.

 

[kupo969]

First time seeing those lizards.

Keep us updated as they grow, they are very cool!

 

[pavel]

Nice that you're able to keep so many in the same tank -- no territorial disputes?