five-line lizard

The Five-lined Skink is our most common lizard. They grow up to eight inches long, with males growing slightly larger than females.

They are usually black or dark brown, with five light stripes down their backs. Stripes fade as the skink gets older, so adults may look all brown.

Male adult Five-lined Skinks often have bright orange jaws during the breeding season.

Young skinks have very clear stripes and a bright blue tail. Females may keep a very full bluish-gray tail as they age, but males' tails will turn brown. (http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecolog...)