The monkeytailed skink is up to 50 times heavier than your average skink, and is the world's largest.

猴尾蜥 比普通石龍子重五十倍 堪稱世界最大

This skink may be an oddity, but that is exactly why it thrives here.

這種石龍子也算是異類了 這也正是它在此繁衍興旺的原因

Most skinks spend their lives on the ground, but not this monster.

大多數石龍子居住在地面上 但這種巨獸不同

I'm like a blue tongue skink, in that way.

在這方面我就像一只藍舌蜥

Among the successful colonists were skinks lizards that are usually *all with short legs.

其中一種成功的殖民者是石龍子 它是一種小型短腿蜥蜴

and unlike nearly all other skinks which dine on insects, this gentle giant is entirely vegetarian.

與其他捕食昆蟲的石龍子不同 這個溫和的大塊頭 是個徹頭徹尾的素食主義者

It even forms social bonds with other monkeytailed skinks, a rare characteristic among reptiles of any description.

猴尾蜥之間甚至建立了社會關系 這一習性在爬行動物中極為少見

A scaly coat must be very hot, so reptiles, like this skink, have to seek shade during the hottest part of the day.

穿著鱗片外皮一定很熱 于是爬行動物們 比如這只蜥蜴 不得不在一天中最熱的時候找個陰涼處