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Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
28 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
Broad-headed SkinkPlestiodon laticeps
Southeastern Five-lined SkinkPlestiodon inexpectatus
Little Brown SkinkScincella lateralis
Coal SkinkPlestiodon anthracinus
Four-striped SkinkPlestiodon quadrilineatus
Prairie SkinkPlestiodon septentrionalis
Shanghai Elegant SkinkPlestiodon elegans
Western SkinkPlestiodon skiltonianus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 49,234 |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 7,784 |
| Virginia | 7,703 |
| Maryland | 4,388 |
| Ontario | 3,662 |
| Tennessee | 3,283 |
| Texas | 3,219 |
| Georgia | 2,643 |
| Canada | 2,351 |
| Missouri | 1,774 |
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 Common Five-lined Skink with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.