We think this is a Broad Head Skink. It was up in a hollow hickory tree that is frequented by gray squirrels. We read up on it a bit, and they supposedly have a strong bite if you bother them.
We have armadillo sightings all around us, but I have not seen one yet on our farm. I think we have them, but it could be skunk activity I have seen. Armadillos have been seen on I-57 almost to Effingham. There is a dead on I-57 at Mt. Vernon. A few years ago I saw a carcass on the Little Wabash bridge in Carmi. We see dead ones on I-64 in the Okawville, Nashville stretch when we go to and from St. Louis. You are liable to see them anywhere along timbered stretches of highway.
Have you seen any armdillos, yet?
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Cool find on the Broad Head Skink.
We have armadillo sightings all around us, but I have not seen one yet on our farm. I think we have them, but it could be skunk activity I have seen. Armadillos have been seen on I-57 almost to Effingham. There is a dead on I-57 at Mt. Vernon. A few years ago I saw a carcass on the Little Wabash bridge in Carmi. We see dead ones on I-64 in the Okawville, Nashville stretch when we go to and from St. Louis. You are liable to see them anywhere along timbered stretches of highway.
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