Gene Jarvis: Terrestrial Skink

Artist: Gene Jarvis
1921 - 1990
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1981
Image Size: 9.5 by 9 inches
Overall Size: 12.75 by 12.5 inches
Medium: Pen & Ink on Hot Press Illustration Board

Although the sun-loving Terrestrial Skinks of tropical and sub-tropical regions usually live in hollow logs, they can be found in a variety of habitats. They thrive both on the ground and beneath the surface and from damp soils of forest floors to the swirling sands of the deserts. They adapt so easily they can live on the beach, in the sand, on the dunes, as well as rocky coasts and blocks and crags of lava. Found on uncharted Pacific islands and the coasts of Africa and South America, it can only be concluded that the Skink journeyed thousands of miles on pieces of driftwood that were perhaps once their homes. Indeed these agile reptiles can be found with crabs on beautiful coral reefs or living in large colonies with mudskipper fish in mangrove swamps. The Skink's truly unique ability to survive in most habitats is due primarily to varying graduations of leg development. They equip the Skink to live above ground and to survive as a subterranean burrower. A reptile with well developed legs, the Terrestrial Skink is active only during the day and can often be seen skittering through fallen timber in search of insects which are its primary source of food.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Christmas Island Terrestrial Skink stamp issued August 10, 1981.

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