Species:

Plestiodon fasciatus

Common Five-lined Skink

Some other names for this species:

Five-lined Skink

Sighting:
May 5, 2004
Amicalola Falls State Park, Dawson County, Georgia
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Many a log in the woodsy part of this state park featured a basking five-lined skink or two. The second one pictured here has lost its tail recently, but lived to bask another day.