Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 26,111
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The (American) five-lined skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the Eastern United States and one of the six native species of lizards in Canada.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plestiodon fasciatus”.