Distribution: Solomon Islands. Size: May reach up to 32 in. (81 cm). Diet and Habitat: It is the largest species of skink. Unlike other skinks, it is completely arboreal, herbivorous and lacking the ability to detach its tail as a defensive mechanism. It is fitted with a long prehensile tail, strong limbs, and long claws for life in tropical rain forest trees. It feeds mainly on the leaves of the Solomon Islands creeper plant and uses its prehensile tail as an extra appendage! However, the prehensile-tailed skink does not have tail autonomy, the ability to break its tail if caught by a predator.