I got to see a bit of breeding behavior today with my two Schneider Skinks. 
But, I couldn't tell if they did the deed or not(he was chasing her around, biting at the neck, but then they disappeared into a hide). Earlier that day I had noticed what seemed to be little globs of sperm on the underside of the male near his vent(I've seen that with male crested geckos before they lick it off >.> ).
I was talking on the phone with a friend at the time. But, it was interesting to see. I just hope that I'll get some cute lil skink eggs sometime. X)
I guess I'll just have to wait and see if the girl becomes gravid or not.
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Hopeful Breeding - Schneider Skinks
Aquira
Jul 24, 2011 12:29 AM
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OliveJewel
Jul 28, 2011 11:45 PM
I'm used to hearing about matings in June, but since breeding these lizards is not common, maybe they have a wider breeding calendar than people realize. When my one couple produced two viable eggs, there were multiple matings over about a week. The couple that laid two infertile eggs only mated once. One weird thing was that the vacuum tended to induce the first couple! I didn't try that with the second couple because I was too busy with my own baby this year, born in Spring.
Good luck! Can't wait to hear the result. Egg-laying typically takes place about four weeks after the initial mating. Then the eggs hatch about seven weeks after laying.
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Lisa Rakestraw
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My skinks:
1.1.1 Corucia zebrata (Berman and Joni, baby Charlemagne)
2.2.2 Eumeces schneideri (Jack and Mabel; Kaa and Cochisa their babies)
0.0.4 Egernia striolata
