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The prairie skink is a small lizard, reaching a total length (body + tail) of about 13 to 22 cm (5 to nearly 9 inches). Adult prairie skinks are brown or tan on the back and darker on the sides and have several thin lighter stripes along the sides and the back. Juveniles have bright blue tails, the color of which fades when they mature.
The eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) is a medium-sized species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [3] The species is found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps in the eastern United States.
Phrynosomatidae – spiny lizards Lesser earless lizard; Texas horned lizard; Prairie lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) Scincidae – skinks Coal skink; Skin colored black dotted skink; Five-lined skink; Broadhead skink; Great Plains skink; Southern prairie skink (Plestiodon obtusirostris) Northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis ...
Plestiodon okadae, Okada's five-lined skink (Japan) Plestiodon parviauriculatus, northern pygmy skink (Mexico) Plestiodon parvulus, southern pygmy skink (Mexico) Plestiodon popei (Asia) Plestiodon quadrilineatus, four-lined Asian skink; Plestiodon septentrionalis, prairie skink - includes Eumeces obtusirostris; Plestiodon skiltonianus, western ...
Skinks are considered to be territorial and often are seen standing in front of or "guarding" their nest area. If a nest is nearby, one can expect to see 10-30 lizards within the period of a month. In parts of the southern United States, nests are commonly found in houses and apartments, especially along the coast.
This list of reptiles of Texas includes the snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles native to the U.S. state of Texas.. Texas has a large range of habitats, from swamps, coastal marshes and pine forests in the east, rocky hills and limestone karst in the center, desert in the south and west, mountains in the far west, and grassland prairie in the north.
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Lizards occurring in the Piney Woods include the green anole (Anolis carolinensis), six-lined racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineatus), prairie lizard (Sceloporus conssbrinus), slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus), and a number of skinks including the five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus), broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps ...