We found this in our kitchen the other day. Our cat Edwin, the expert mouser, had it cornered among some jars we had sitting on the floor. We stole it from him, stared at him for awhile, then let him go back outside.
He’s a five-lined skink. He moves like a snake, and is about 7 inches long. You can tell he’s an older male because of that orange he’s got on the underside of his head, and because his tail is not the exciting blue it was when he was younger.
We understand other people might be quite upset to find something like this inside their house. We thought it was awesome. I don’t want a skink infestation or anything, but we’ve seen skinks around HQ before, and they usually slip off so fast it’s hard to look at them properly. It was awesome to get to check one out up close and more leisurely. For us, anyway; I’m sure he was less then thrilled with the whole experience.