Five-lined Skink

Ok I changed it.

And don't trust wikipedia!

Check out: www.cnah.org
http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/displ...
http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/reptatlas/frame...

In science, we try and just use one common name per species, the blue-tailed skink is a vernacular name for it. The are lots of other lizards with the blue-tails as juveniles. The most legit way to name this spotting would be Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon faciatus) And in the Description or Notes reference it as a Juvenile.


*Also, in other comments I put Plethodon instead of Plestiodon...I must have had salamanders on the brain.

I read that the American one can be called this as a juvenile. Could have read wrong.

I agree that it is indeed a Plethodon faciatus, but the Blue-tailed skink is an Australian lizard.

Yes but this is a juvenile. I have the link with the spotting for the information.

with Plethodon faciatus, the common name is the Five-lined skink.

Thanks!

A great shot and spotting! Love the bright colour of his tail!