I noticed, and I like. It makes them fit in to the tight spaces and limited room on the howdah. I am having trouble cramming 5 skinks into mine. I thought the skink box had a couple with stumpy tails too.. Might be mixing them up with the steg kit though.
the stumpy tails work thematically aswell , as in the reptile world many species will drop or recieve damage to their tails i ntheir lives . ads to the skinks character