Ken Griffiths: NHPA 



An Australian lowland water skink, 

 above, is surrounded by her brood of 

 live-bom babies. This species strongly 

 asserts territorial claims to logs or 

 basking spots. Left: A female western 

 skink broods her eggs at Gardner Ridge, 

 east of Brooking, Oregon. 



Alan D. St. Jotin 



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