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This photo was taken at Fall Creeks Falls State Park. I have seen these at Cane Creek Park in Cookeville, TN, also.
Spotted on May 7, 2011
Submitted on May 9, 2011
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It's a skink in the genus Eumeces, probably a Broad-headed Skink, Eumeces laticeps. It's tough to say for sure without conducting an upper labial scale count.