Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
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- P. fasciatus – Harris Co, TX – photo by John Williams
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- P. fasciatus – San Jacinto Co, TX – photo by Matt Hollanders
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- P. fasciatus – Pulaski Co, AR (juvenile) – photo by Tyson Victor (naherp.com)
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- P. fasciatus – Montgomery Co, TX (juvenile) – photo by Chris McMartin (naherp.com)
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- P. fasciatus – Montgomery Co, TX (juvenile) – photo by Chris McMartin (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon fasciatus occurs in eastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus – 1758)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: fasciatus, Latin = banded, bearing stripes — ref. dorsal stripes, females and young males “resemble bundled staves”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962