Scylla (iou) and skink (sh)

Scylla noun. E16.
[Latin from Greek Skulla a dangerous sea-monster in Greek mythol.]
Either of two dangers or pitfalls such that to avoid one increases the risk from the Other. Opp. CHARYBDIS.
D. M. Baillie A middle way, between the Scylla of..'historicism'..and the Charybdis of a merely symbolic Christology.

skink (sh)

Any of about 1,275 species (family Scincidae) of lizards found throughout the tropics and in temperate regions of North America.

Skinks have a cylindrical body, a conical head, and a long, tapering tail. Some species are 26 in. (66 cm) long, but most are under 8 in. (20 cm). Some have small or no limbs and sunken eardrums. Most are ground-dwellers or burrowers; some are arboreal or semiaquatic. Skinks eat insects and Other small invertebrates; large species are herbivorous. Some species lay eggs; others bear live young.

Striped broad-headed skink (Eumeces laticeps)

John H. Gerard from The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers

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