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.
Sighting:
April 23, 2008
Snake Road, La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area, Union County, Illinois
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Snake Road has a lot of snakes, but apparently not so many lizards. This was the only lizard I saw in about four hours of herp hunting.
Sighting:
April 27, 2008
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area, Jackson County, Missouri
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
These three skinks, all found within about forty-five minutes in a fairly small area, illustrate the variability of the "five lines" on this common species. All three were adults of about the same size. Note the big tick just above the arm on the middle photo.