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Plestiodon fasciatus
This poor fellow was stiff as a board when I saw him but you don't normally get them to pose for a photo so I thought I'd share. The close up was taken a day later.
Spotted on Jul 1, 2015
Submitted on Jul 1, 2015
3 Comments
Of course! If you just get a clear photo of the side of the face then you can count them, these guys are typically too hard to catch! Here's a link with a diagram of how to tell them apart with a close-up of the face http://dusttracks.com/2012/04/19/plestio...
Great, thanks! If I can find it again I'll check the scales.
Either a broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) or a five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). Both are in range, and only way to tell them apart is by counting the number of upper lip scales, which I can't see from these photos. So best to just leave the ID at the genus level