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Field Notes

Description:

Small lizard like thing brightly colored tail most likely poisoness black body with yellowish stripes running down its back

Habitat:

Yard area

Notes:

Poisoness

Species ID Suggestions

Skink

Plestiodon spp.
LisaPowers
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Comments (1)
LisaPowers
These lizards are not poisonous and are quite harmless! This is one of three species of skink native to Mississippi: P. fasciatus - Common Five-lined Skink P. inexpectatus - Southeastern Five-lined Skink P. laticeps - Broad-headed Skink But without being able to see the scales, it is impossible to figure out which of the three species it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plestiodon

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PublishedSeptember 17, 2012

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