President Xi Jinping extended congratulations to Governor-General of the Solomon Islands David Tiva Kapu on Monday on the 47th anniversary of the Pacific island nation's independence.

What makes the Solomon Islands Skink truly unique among reptiles is its herbivorous diet—it feeds primarily on leaves, flowers, and fruits—and its reproductive strategy. Rather than laying eggs like ...

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The exotic pet industry is booming, fuelled by global demand for rare parrots, reptiles and other wild creatures — but in Solomon Islands, one of the Pacific's most active wildlife trading hubs, it is ...

The Pacific Islands, with their isolated nature and diverse ecosystems, have become evolutionary hotspots for unique wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. These islands, scattered across the vast ...

Meet SJ, the largest prehensile tailed skink in the Solomon Islands, known for its unique features and habitat challenges.

Then there are the monkey-tailed skinks, which live up in trees in the Solomon Islands where they feast on leaves and fruits. "They're huge, and they have these long prehensile tails," he said. There ...

Green-blooded skink of scincid lizard species has characteristic green blood and is native to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The green hue is due to high concentrations of biliverdin, a ...

The Solomon Island skink (Corucia zebrata) is currently under threat from collecting for the pet trade, habitat degradation and a limited geographical distribution (McCoy, 1980; Hoover, 1998).

The prehensile-tailed skinks have been collected at the lower elevations (6), so captive husbandry conditions should keep this in mind. Important aspects of a cage suitable for prehensile-tailed ...

More than 2,000 monkey-tailed skinks were sourced from Solomon Islands in the last eight years, according to the figures, including around 1,300 sent to the United States.