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Broad Headed Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

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ForestDragon
Cool! Glad you could ID it. They can be tricky.
audrey.m.archer
Thanks you both! I found a more focused picture on my camera (still need to upload), and I could count five of the scales under the ridge.
ForestDragon
It look similar to an adult female Five-lined skink. It could also be a female Broad-headed skink. They look similar: Broad-headed Skink female: http://cryptobranchidae.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/img_0612web.jpg Five-lined Skink female: http://www.herpetology.us/tnherps/common_five-lined_skink_eum/adult_female_from_coffee_co_2.html
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PublishedAugust 31, 2012

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