Plestiodon fasciatus - Wikipedia
The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada.
Common Five-lined Skink - Virginia Herpetological Society
Five-Lined Skinks are often found in terrestrial microhabitats but arboreality is commonplace, especially in open woodlands with standing dead trees. The activity period starts in March or April, depending on the weather, and extends through October.
Common Five-Lined Skink - Missouri Department of Conservation
The common five-lined skink is one of Missouri's most abundant skinks. Adults are olive or tan with lengthwise stripes. It is often called the blue-tailed skink for the coloration of juveniles. Occurs nearly statewide.
Three species of five-lined skinks occur in North Carolina—the five-lined skink (Eu-meces (Plestiodon) fasciatus), southeastern five-lined skink (E. (Plestiodon) inexpectatus) and broadhead skink (E. (Plestiodon) laticeps). The five-lined is probably the most common and widespread of the three, which are sometimes difficult to distinguish.
Common Five-Lined Skink - ArcGIS StoryMaps
The common five-lined skink is a fully carnivorous predator that eats arthropods and insects; when abundant, skinks can play a critical role in maintaining pest populations. They are also an important food source for larger predators, such as snakes, birds, and opossums (1,3).
Five-lined Skink (Eumeces [Plestiodon] fasciatus) - University of …
Five-lined skinks are moderately large lizards with short legs and a streamlined body. The body is generally gray, brown, or black, in background color with five white or yellowish stripes (two on each side and one down the center of the back).
ADW: Plestiodon fasciatus: INFORMATION
Most five-lined skinks inhabit disturbed environments, such as forest edges, cleared areas, or burned regions, commonly called ecotone areas. Five-lined skink populations may also occur among driftwood piles on the sandy beaches of the Great Lakes (Harding 1997).
Five-lined skinks can be distinguished from Six-Lined Racerunners (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) by their much smoother, slender, sleek scalation, and from Northern prairies skinks (Plestiodon septentrionalis), which
Plestiodon fasciatus : Common Five-lined Skink - Minnesota DNR
The common five-lined skink, also known as the blue-tailed skink, is widely distributed throughout the eastern United States and into southeastern Ontario. There are disjunct populations in Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and southeastern Wisconsin (Harding 1997).
Common Five-Lined Skink - The Canadian Encyclopedia
2024年2月21日 · Adult common five-lined skinks range from 12.5 to 22.2 cm in total length. They have an elongated, flattened body, four moderately sized legs and a long tail. Like all lizards, common five-lined skinks have scales, movable eyelids and external ear openings. The scales are smooth, giving them a shiny appearance.