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Spotted in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur, OK. I was only able to snap one shot before it ran into its nest...which would explain the other picture accompanying this spotting.
Spotted on Aug 5, 2012
Submitted on Aug 5, 2012
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That's the place it ran. I was kind of shocked myself when I saw it do that.
Nice spot! Based on your spotting location I would lean heavily toward five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). This one is tough in eastern Oklahoma because the five-lined skink and the broad-headed skink have overlap in their ranges. They also resemble each other in many ways, especially when the broad-headed skink is still a juvenile. We end up relying on scale counts to separate them, and that means having detailed close-up images or having the lizard in-hand.
Welcome to Project Noah. This guy lives inside the tree?