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  • Scientific names
    • Scincus lateralis
    • Scincella lateralis
    • Scincella laterale
    • S unicolor
    • Mocoa lateralis
    • Lygosoma lateralis
    • Leiolopisma unicolor
  • English
    • Little Brown Skink
    • Ground Skink

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What

Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis

Observer

jansonjones

Date

Mar 18, 2012

Description

Most likely Scincella lateralis, but I'd love confirmation. Scooting about in the brush at Langdale Park in Valdosta, Georgia.

~ janson jones,
http://dusttracks.com

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What

Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis

Observer

ozarkhellbender

Date

Mar 17, 2012

Description

Adult Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis) observed moving through leaf litter.

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Little Brown Skink Scincella lateralis

Observer

danjleavitt

Date

Sep 2, 2007
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Description from Wikipedia

The Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis), also known as the Ground Skink (which may refer to any Scincella species however), is a small species of skink found throughout much of the eastern half of the United States, and into northern Mexico.

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.