Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Kinky skinky


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Yellow-bellied three-toed skink

She’s transitional! This is a live-bearing reptile carrying a load of eggs, and with a modified membrane to secrete calcium and other nutrients to the embryos.

She’s also looking a bit pugilistic about it all, too.