http://www.bigdawg-dir.com/Amphibians_and_Reptiles/Skink/Pacific_Blue-tailed_Skink/Pet and Animal Directory consisting of common animals and pets from around the world. Quality links and resources are contained inside the Big Dawg Pet and animal directory.Add your links today and help us grow to be the biggest on the web. The genus of Eumeces-skinks is due to Wiegmann, 1834. They are secretive, agile lizards with a cylindrical body covered with smooth, shiny scales.The genus sometimes goes by the common name of "New World Skinks" or "Great Skinks" , but both these common names are actually misnomers: skinks of the genus Eumeces occur also in Asia, and they're not particularly big either: while the largest skinks of this genus, the Great Plains Skink, can reach a length of some 34 cm or about 14 inches, most species are smaller than 20 cm including the tail. The tail makes up for about half of this total length.