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Blue Tailed Skink

Plestiodon skiltonianus

Habitat:

my yard

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
American Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus Plestiodon fasciatus


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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Yours should be Plestiodon fasciatus. Check the number of stripes and the double stripe on the head. Missouri is also somehow out of the range for Western Skink.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plestiodon_...

ErinWCharger
Spotted by
ErinWCharger

Nevada, Missouri, USA

Spotted on Jun 3, 2013
Submitted on Jun 5, 2013

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