But this isn't the only threat facing the skinks.

但这并不是石龙子面对的唯一威胁。

The guthega skink is native to Victoria, Australia.

古塞加石龙子土生土长于澳大利亚的维多利亚州。

Blue-tongued skinks, meanwhile, seem to display their extraordinary tongues defensively, dazing predators and robbing their aerial attacks of momentum.

与此同时，蓝舌石龙子似乎是为了防御而展示它们异乎寻常的舌头，使捕食者眼花缭乱，丧失空中攻击动力。

I talked to turtles, lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, and a couple of skinks.

我和海龟、蜥蜴、蛇、青蛙、蟾蜍和几只石龙子交谈过。

Small in size, the guthega skink is covered in camouflage skin to blend in with the alpine rocks they call home.

古塞加石龙子个体较小，身披伪装鳞片，安家于高山石块间，其颜色与岩石混为一体。

" What in the hell is a 'cullen skink'? " Alex asks once she's hung up.

“‘库伦石龙子’到底是什么？”她挂断电话后，亚历克斯问道。

They include a variety of lizards, like members of the groups that today include skinks and maybe geckos.

它们包括各种蜥蜴，就像今天包括石龙子和壁虎在内的群体成员。

Bea sighs. " D'you think I should have let him have a go at the cullen skink man for me? "

碧叹了口气。 “你认为我应该让他替我去尝试一下卡伦石龙子人吗？”

Then, by the middle of the Cretaceous, there were hundreds of species that belonged to the modern families of lizards - iguanas, geckos, skinks, varanids, and helodermatids or beaded lizards.

然后，到白垩纪中期，出现了数百种属于现代蜥蜴科的物种——鬣蜥、壁虎、石龙子、巨蜥、蜥蜴科或珠蜥。

Just a few years ago, scientists even discovered three new unique species of vertebrates there: a golden skink, a leaf-tail gecko, and a frog that likes to come out in the rain.

就在几年前，科学家们甚至在那里发现了三种新的独特脊椎动物：金石龙、叶尾壁虎和喜欢在雨中出来的青蛙。