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  • English
    • Five-lined Skink
    • Common Five-lined Skink
  • Scientific names
    • Eumeces fasciatus
    • Plestiodon fasciatus
    • Lacerta quinquelineata
    • Lacerta fasciata
  • Unknown
    • Five-lined Skink

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Recent Observations

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Observer

robertsprackland

Date

May 24, 2012

Description

A large adult and an immature with a still-blue tail (shown) seen under horizontal eaves between 1st and 2nd floors of apartment complex. Wall was south-facing, at 1615 hrs, in full sunlight, ambient temperature 27.7 C.

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What

Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus

Observer

jenny

Date

May 22, 2012 04:51 PM EDT
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What

Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus

Observer

stonewaresnake

Date

May 13, 2012

Description

There was a wild five-lined skink basking on the rocks. It was about 4 inches long.

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Description from Wikipedia

The (American) Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus) is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the five species of lizards in Canada. Other common names include Blue-tailed Skink (for juveniles) and Red-headed Skink (for adults).

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