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Five Lined Skink

Eumeces fasciatus

Photo by annorion
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Description:

This little guy briefly popped out the bricks I have stacked on my patio. About 14cm in length. Black/dark brown body with gold stripes starting at head and fade bout midway down blue tail. Also could be Eumeces inexpectatus?

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Plestiodon fasciatus

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Comments (2)
annorion
I know what ya mean! I didn't even know this one was living on my patio! First time I ever seen him and he didn't stick around long.
KarenL
We have several of these guys but they just seem to always move too fast for me to get a decent shot of them!
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2011

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