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Southeastern Five Lined Skink

Photo by sharkstop
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Field Notes

Description:

Long tail, skink like, southern Florida swamp, black with red underbelly

Habitat:

Southern Florida Everglades and swamps

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
drP
I agree with Jellis. The red is what you'd expect to see in a male this time of year (mating season). I think you'd need to count scales on its back relative to the back stripes to get a positive ID.
Jellis
Do you have images of the back and tail? It looks like a Southeastern Five-Lined Skink
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2013

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