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Five Lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Photo by Art3
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39.3542, -85.9667

Field Notes

Description:

Found it crossing my driveway.

Habitat:

Lives in our firewood pile

Species ID Suggestions

little brown skink

Scincella lateralis

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Scott Frazier
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Comments (3)
NickAsher
Your right Brendan Just got looking at the range didnt think the Board Headed came that far into Indiana. So the only way to really tell s the scale count.
BrendanSmith
Could be a five-lined or a broadhead skink. Can't tell without counting labial scales. More widespread in the area is the five-lined.
NickAsher
This would be a Male Five lined skink
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2011

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