Wildlife Spotting

Hi there, and welcome to Project Noah! If you are not sure about the identity of your organism, please leave the common and scientific names blank and tick the "Help me ID this species" box. This is not a salamander at all, very different from a salamander in fact. Salamanders are amphibians, and this is a skink which are reptiles. Your animal is covered in scales, which is something a salamander would never have. Take a look at photos of a two-lined salamander and you will see how incredibly different your animal is from that species. The scientific name box should only have scientific names put in it, not common names like you currently have here. Your photo does not allow anyone to tell species identification, but it is in the genus Plestiodon (this is a scientific name and belongs in the scientific name box). This is an adult female of one of 3 species: broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps), southeastern five-lined skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus), and five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). Please update your information accordingly, thanks!