Food

The opportunistic feeding patterns of the blue-tailed skink, which are shaped by environmental conditions, prey availability, and individual preferences, are characterized by a diversified diet. This skink belongs to the genus Eumeces.

Adapting its diet to various microhabitats across its range, the blue-tailed skink, like its European copper skink cousin, has a ravenous hunger for a broad variety of microscopic invertebrates.

Bugs such as grasshoppers, termites, ants, and beetles are mainstays in the blue-tailed skink's diet. These lizards are skilled hunters, known for their keen eyesight and quick reflexes that allow them to catch fast prey on the ground or in the air. Their quick reflexes and nimble movements make them great bug catchers.

It is well-known that the blue-tailed skink, like Ablepharus kitaibelii, eats not just insects but also worms and spiders. Proteins and minerals from this diversified diet are essential for the blue-tailed skink's growth, well-being, and ability to reproduce.

A key factor in the blue-tailed skink's ecological success is its nutritional versatility, which lets it live well in a wide variety of microhabitats, including grasslands, rocky areas, and shrublands.

Similar to the European copper skink, the blue-tailed skink demonstrates its adaptability in terms of what it eats by include tiny arthropods in its diet. The blue-tailed skink, like the Ablepharus kitaibelii, is mostly an insectivore, although it may sometimes eat plant-based meals that it finds while foraging.

The blue-tailed skink, which is similar to the European copper skink in that it can climb, uses low-lying vegetation, rocks, or tree trunks as food sources. The blue-tailed skink's adaptation to multiple settings is aided by its variety in foraging strategies, which enable it to efficiently utilize numerous microhabitats.

Although it mostly eats meat, the blue-tailed skink may switch it up and eat plants every once in a while, much like the European copper skink. The blue-tailed skink's adaptability is a testament to its evolutionary success in its native habitat, since it allows it to flourish in a wide variety of environments.