Approximately 2.6kg of shingleback ...

[Lea]

Not just one, obviously ... just three of mine that are up and sunning themselves today! Nippy, Lizzie and Winkle!

[jasjmm27]

Is Winkle from a different locale then Nippy and Lizzie? Love the contrasting yellow and black on Winkle. They must not be too active to be able to hold them like that! Mine are a handful all alone! Then again, I think mine are not all that accustomed to handling at this point!

[Blotch]

Jas - Shingles are generally pretty calm when socialised with humans alot.

[Lea]

They had been basking all morning, but they are used to frequent handling. Even in the summer, when they are tearing around the garden at light speed, they always settle easily when their held. I bring Winkle inside and she sits on my lap while I watch a film ... she is all warm and toasty, but doesn't budge an inch! She is mildly lazy, though ...

The shinglebacks vary a lot regionally. Winkle seems to have more of the colours and scales of the skinks I see in the Adelaide sand dunes. Nippy has the colours and shape of the Riverland lizards, further inland. I don't know if they have particular names for the variations, but the colours and scales vary enormously. Driving through South Australia in the summer months, I see all sorts of colours and shapes, even the tail shape varies from fat and club-like, to narrow and long. One of the breeders might be able to help with naming the variations.

[sheslikeheroin]

holy crap they look nice. i love the driveway turds! so cool. how old are they?

[SailleSkinklover]

I. AM. IN. LOVE. !!!!

[Zach]

I've missed winkle so much!

[Tattoo]

Holy freakin pile of driveway turds!!

Can I say it enough? I love them!

[rachel]

I.LOVE.THEM.
I want a shingle

[Fatal_S]

YAY! Shingle party! So pretty

[bruno]

What a handfull, like the pics.

[Tempo]

So cute!
Shinglebacks always have this expression that I find adorable!

[Raven_Vivi]

i want....GIMMMEEEEEE >_<

[Fatal_S]

Winkle: "Hey, I'm the pretty one, get out of my shot!"

[Lisa]

I would so love a 2.6kg shingleback

Lea, you got all yours as adults or close to it, didn't you? I'm just wondering what the growth rate is like on yours. My Santos is just over two and he's such a little weiner. I think he might be deceptively bigger than I think he is, but compared to others I've seen he's a midget. I'm wondering if he's going to have a growth spurt any time soon or if he's just going to be a slow grower.

[SailleSkinklover]

Naaah. He's a midget.
It explains why Santos is so darned ridiculously absurdly -driveway-turdly Cute!

[shingleback aus]

what a awsome bunch! great pics

[Lea]

I would so love a 2.6kg shingleback

Lea, you got all yours as adults or close to it, didn't you? I'm just wondering what the growth rate is like on yours. My Santos is just over two and he's such a little weiner. I think he might be deceptively bigger than I think he is, but compared to others I've seen he's a midget. I'm wondering if he's going to have a growth spurt any time soon or if he's just going to be a slow grower.

Lizzie was a baby, so she used to be quite small .... ummmmm ... she seems to have quadrupled in size, umm and a bit more than that! She was only about 200g I think, when I first got her ... so, to get to 1.050kg is quite a growth spurt in less than three years! Nippy was a young boy, but he has stayed fairly stable in his weight, just got a little more length on him. Winkle has weight issues, so she gained, then lost weight, to get to her current, slightly curvy, but healthy 840g. Her length hasn't changed much. Lucky is a rescue, and she was really underweight and deconditioned when I got her. She is about 600g now, I think, although I haven't been able to weigh her for a while as she is a very sleepy sleepy!

I wouldn't worry too much. I see a lot of wild shinglebacks around my house and around the tracks near me. They vary vastly in size and shape. I see some pairs with ENORMOUS males and others where one or both skinks are kind of tiny! I wouldn't worry too much, Santos is as cute as a button!