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Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon inexpectatus

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink is a common skink in the southeastern United States. Etymology The specific name, inexpectatus ("the unexpected"), is possibly a reference to the unexpected discovery of this species in 1932, almost 175 years after Linnaeus described Plestiodon fasciatus, commonly known as the American five-lined skink. Description As their common name suggests, southeastern five-lined skinks have five characteristic narrow stripes along their bodies that become lighter with age.

Distribution

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