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The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) 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 U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada .
The common garden skink's predators are mainly birds and cats. Even tiny birds like robins are a threat. Larger lizards and snakes will sometimes try to eat it as well. Like many other skinks, its tail will drop if grasped roughly.
Raccoons, foxes, possums, snakes, coatis, weasels, crows, cats, dogs, herons, hawks, lizards, and other predators of small land vertebrates also prey on various skinks. This can be troublesome, given the long gestation period for some skinks, making them an easy target to predators such as the mongoose , which often threaten the species to at ...
Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback skink, stumptail skink or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua) endemic to Australia. It is commonly known as the shingleback or sleepy lizard .
The western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) is a species of small, smooth-scaled lizard with relatively small limbs. It measures about 100 to 210 mm (about 4 to 8.25 inches) in total length (body + tail).
Together with the Great Plains skink it is the largest of the "Plestiodon skinks", growing from a total length of 15 cm (5.9 in) to nearly 33 cm (13 in). A male broad-headed skink, illustration from Holbrook's North American Herpetology, 1842. The broad-headed skink gets its name from the wide jaws, giving the head a triangular appearance.
The skink looks a lot like an earthworm but appears to have a smooth, scaly texture. Ninh Thuận blind skinks were found during the day while digging, typically near yellow-bellied termites ...
Scincella lateralis, formerly Lygosoma laterale [2] is a small species of skink found throughout much of the eastern half of the United States, and into northern Mexico.The ground skink differs from the majority of North American lizard species in that it is generally considered a forest dweller. [3]