Skink With A Tick Problem

by Steve Creek on September 7, 2009 · 8 comments

Lizard With A Tick

Even the Skinks are having tick problems here in Arkansas.

Here is another photo I took back in 2007: Lizard With A Tick

Tagged as: Five-lined Skink, lizard, tick

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1 Stephen Ingraham September 7, 2009: Ungh! Never thought of lizards and ticks together. Thought ticks were only parasitic on warm blood. Live and learn. Great shot.
2 Kimmy September 7, 2009: Wow that’s something I’ve never seen before! The rabbits here are usually covered in ticks during the summer. You would figure a lizard’s skin would be too thick to latch into.
Nice catch Steve!
3 Diane Miller September 7, 2009: Cool lizard but eeeeeeeewwwwww on the ticks!
4 saul gotay September 27, 2009: I just had a monitor lizard die. I found a tick on him a few days ago and i was able to pull it out intact. Can they really kill a lizard if it wasn’t imbedded in him fully?
5 derrikwhitworth October 8, 2009: hey Im going thru google trying to find some good pics of lavaca. I saw you had some and wanted to say hi. I live in Ft. Smith now but I went to lavaca in highschool. My family lives on 96 almost in Franklin county. Its really nice out there if you are looking for good scenery to capture on your camera! Derrick
6 Barbara Gabriel May 23, 2010: I’ve found of couple of lizards in my yard like this one in your picture. This is the first year I’ve seen them and I’ve lived here 20 years. I live in central NC. Can you tell me what kind of lizard it is and if it is tailless as mine are.
Thanks
7 Steve Creek May 24, 2010: Barbara, that photo is not a lizard but a Common Five-lined Skink. I am a southern country boy and I always have called these things lizards but they are skinks.