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Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon inexpectatus

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Field Notes

Description:

Slender and snake like movements. Red stripes fade to blue.

Habitat:

South. Humid areas.

Species ID Suggestions

Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon inexpectatus

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bayucca
Very similar to Plestiodon fasciatus, the Five-lined Skink, but the range is too far south for this one, so in your case it is the other one, Plestiodon inexpectatus, the Southeastern Five-lined Skink.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2013

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