Blue tongued Skink Giving Birth to Live Babies

Bluetongued skinks give birth to live young, this is a different strategy to most reptiles as they as usually egglayers. We were lucky enough to catch one of our breeding females giving birth and managed to grab a camera fast. Unfortunately we were caught a little offguard as we would normally prefer them not to give birth on the woodchip. It wasn t a huge problem, we just had to be vigilant to ensure the babies did not swallow any as they consumed their placentas (the woo