Five-Lined Skink
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Eumeces
Eumeces fasciatus
The Five-lined Skink is a common lizard. They grow up to eight inches long, with males growing slightly larger than females. They are usually black or dark brown, with five light stripes down their... More »
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Five-lined Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name Five-lined Skink can refer to different species of skinks: • Eumeces fasciatus , the Eastern Red-headed Skink of North America • Trachylepis quinquetaeniata , the Five-lined Mabuya of A...
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Five-lined Skink; Eumeces fasciatus ... This species is very similar in appearance to the southeastern five-lined skink and broadhead skink and is usually only identifiable by close examination of the scales: five-lined skinks have an enlarged row of scales under the tail and four labial (along the upper lip between the...
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Southeastern Five-lined Skink; Eumeces inexpectatus ... This species is very similar in appearance to the five-lined skink and broadhead skink and is usually only identifiable by close examination of the scales: unlike the other two species, southeastern five-lined skinks do not have an enlarged row of scales under the tail.
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Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skink are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the ...
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The Five-lined Skink is our most common lizard. They grow up to eight inches long, with males growing slightly larger than females. ... Male adult Five-lined Skinks often have bright orange jaws during the breeding season.
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Five-lined Skink images & information ... Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus , formerly Eumeces fasciatus ) ... Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus, formerly Eumeces inexpectatus)
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The range of Eumeces fasciatus, the five-lined skink, extends south from the lower peninsula of Michigan, southern Ontario, and eastern New York to northern Florida, and west to Wisconsin, part of Michigan's upper penninsula, Missouri, and eastern regions of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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The most common of the two species is the five-lined skink. This species of skink is known from most Lower Peninsula counties and has also been reported in the mid-section of the Upper Peninsula. They can be locally abundant in good habitat, but many Michigan residents go years without encountering one.
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