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Common Five-lined Skink
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Photo by: Quentin Stiles
Small, cylindrical lizard with a pale, unmarked ventral surface.
Glossy scales and a long tail.
How to identify:
Coloration:
Dorsal ground color varies with age and gender:
juveniles are deep black with bright blue tails;
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adult females are olive brown with gray tails;
adult males are brown or olive brown.
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Dorsal pattern, if present, consists of five light stripes down the length of the back and onto the tail.
Common Five-lined Skinks do not have a dewlap
Diet:
Size:
Common Five-lined Skinks can grow to be 5in to 8in long including the tail
Habitat:
The Coal Skink is seen in urban areas and wooded hillsides.
Range of habitat:
in North America, the Common Five-lined Skinks can be found from East Coast west to Kansas and from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf Coast.
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