Sentences with phrase «largest skink»

Unusual cycads which are relics of plants from 150 million years ago grow on the mountain, and the rare Albert's lyrebird, the world's largest skink and birdwing butterflies are some of the natives you could meet on a Tamborine visit.

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At low altitudes, females born early under warm conditions have more time to grow large and produce offspring, so it is advantageous for these skinks» gender to be temperature - sensitive.

[E] arly hatching skinks were significantly smaller and left behind larger residual yolks in their eggs than spontaneously hatching skinks,» the authors write, potentially reducing the chances of survival.