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Four-striped Skink
Plestiodon quadrilineatus
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common Five-lined SkinkPlestiodon fasciatus
Southeastern Five-lined SkinkPlestiodon inexpectatus
Western SkinkPlestiodon skiltonianus
Broad-headed SkinkPlestiodon laticeps
Four-lined SkinkPlestiodon tetragrammus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| China | 141 |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 119 |
| Macau Special Administrative Region | 13 |
| Vietnam | 10 |
| Ninh Bình | 6 |
| Guangzhou Province | 5 |
| Hainan Province | 2 |
| Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region | 2 |
| Hòa Bình | 1 |
| Phú Thọ | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Reptiles · Reptilia |
| Order | Snakes and Lizards · Squamata |
| Family | Skinks · Scincidae |
| Genus | Toothy Skinks · Plestiodon |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Four-striped Skink with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.