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Five-lined skink

Eumeces fasciatus

Photo by KalevEfrayim
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Field Notes

Description:

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards), they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha. With about 1200 described species, the Scincidae are the second most diverse family of lizards, exceeded only by the Gekkonidae (geckos).

Habitat:

I found this guy at an outdoor mall.

Notes:

This was found at a very public outdoor mall in Branson, MO

Reference Links:

Five-lined Skink - Plestiodon fasciatus - Overview, Skink

Species ID Suggestions

Five-lined skink

Eumeces fasciatus
mauna Kunzah
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Comments (2)
mauna Kunzah
It's a young skink! http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/five-lined_skink.htm

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PublishedJune 26, 2013

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