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Five-lined Skink

Taken at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. www.nvrpa.org/parks/meadowlark/index.php

 

This striking lizard was the very first thing I saw as I started my walk into the gardens!

 

The five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the five species of lizards in Canada. Other common names include blue-tailed skink and red-headed skink, however there is a separate species known as blue-tailed skink.

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Uploaded on September 5, 2008
Taken on August 30, 2008