Shingleback Skink

[jclaiborne]

That is what I am starting to realize. :-(

I met an awesome Eastern Shingleback who is in his early 30s and loved him. I cannot find them anywhere let alone any other type of Shingleback. Is there any way to import them?

Nope, Australia is very very strict about their export laws, thats why we dont see many easterns, westerns or centralians, or even blochies, only northerns. Thats not to say someone isn't breeding them, but from what I understand they have incredibly small litters so the odds of getting one are pretty tough. Northerns showed up here and people were successfully able to breed them, all Aussie Blueys and Shinglebacks for sale in the US should be captive bred, and honestly it takes patience to even find a Northern for sale, most breeders have waiting lists. You generally find Indos and IJs for sale because they are still able to be imported, a lot of times they are "farmed" or WC.