Chinese skink mating (中国スキンクの交配)

Chinese Skinks Mating

中国スキンクの交配

It was May 7, 2011 (29~13^oC).

I was awoken from a nap by the tumult in the skink terrarium, and found that the male skink chasing the female violently. Within a few minutes, the male skink drove the female to the corner and snapped its scaly skin.

They rolled and struggled and the male managed to pressed its cloaca onto the female’s.

It can be seen that the male biting the female tightly.

Although full of force and violence, the mating lasted not more than 20s before these two separated. I wonder whether the female was fertilized.

The female began to free itself.

The indentation can be clearly seen. It must be very hurt, I guess.

I was glad that the wild-caught skinks have fully adapted to the circumstance I prepared for them. Hoping these couple can breeding their young successfully.

I found the following photos from the internet. It seemed that this type of mating can be observed in many skink species.