A large adult and an immature with a still-blue tail (shown) seen under horizontal eaves between 1st and 2nd floors of apartment complex. Wall was south-facing, at 1615 hrs, in full sunlight, ambient temperature 27.7 C.
Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards). Scincidae is the largest of the lizard families with about 1200 species.