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Scincidae
Skink (Scincidae). There are 4 different types of skinks in Maryland. Broad-headed skink, Common Five-lined skink, Northern Coal Skink, and Little Brown Skink. I'm not sure which one I've spotted in this picture. It was on the side of a tree and did not move the entire time we were there. It was a pretty golden color with a smooth head and a brown stripe running the length of its body on either side. Size about 3 - 5¾ inches.
This skink was spotted on a tree in a wooded area at Downs Park in Pasadena, Maryland.
Spotted on May 16, 2014
Submitted on May 17, 2014
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Thank you LisaPowers for help in further identifying this particular spotting.
The coal skink does not live in the part of Maryland where this was spotted. It is also not a little brown skink. That makes it a Plestiodon species, either broad-headed or common five-lined. I cannot see the head scales enough to determine which of the two it is.