#common five-lined skink

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Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). Family Scincidae, order Squamata.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. September 2025.

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Common Five-Lined Skink Looking For Love While Regenerating His Lost Tail. by W.L.M.II

Photographed on the highest hill in Missouri, Taum Sauk Mountain. Near Mina Sauk Falls.

Source: flickr.com

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Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus), taken April 25, 2025, in Georgia, US

A silly little skink! Me and this lizard spent a few minutes sitting next to each other, him catching ants and me watching. This guy was quite small, likely still young, and it was fun to watch him scuttle around, looking under leaves for little bug morsels!

[theoneandonlyblob]

Critter #2 Common Five-lined Skink

Fun Facts

The blue tailed guy showed above is just a young one. The older ones are usually bigger and reddish brown

They will disconnect their tail to escape predators. My dad learned this when trying to catch one that got into his work office.

Their main diet is arthropods, however they’ve been reported to eat newborn mice, frogs, and other lizards.

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Sunbathing

[iridescent-wildlife]

Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). Family Scincidae, order Squamata.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. May 2022.

[northerlyy]

Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus), taken April 23, 2025, in Georgia, US

A vibrant skink running up a tree to escape me! I found so many skinks while out yesterday, this being one of them! Normally, I rarely find lizards, but they were popping out of the woodworks for whatever reason—possibly trying to feed before the evening's storm arrived? Whatever the reason, I love to see them!

[iridescent-wildlife]

Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus). family Scincidae, order Squamata.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. April 2023.