Animals

Gotta Get A Head Shot For The Id

The five-lined skink and broadhead skink look similar. You need a head shot to id them. You have to count the labial scales (along the upper lip between nose & eye) Five-lined have 4 and broadhead skinks have 5. Even then, it is difficult for me so I ran this one by a reptile expert.
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)

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