The five-lined skink is the only native New Jersey lizard that is found throughout the state. (Two others, the brown skink and fence lizard, are found only in the southern part of the state.) In North ...

Five-lined skinks are native to Frederick County. Often seen darting to a hiding place when disturbed, the American five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) likes to sun itself. Adults are about 6 to 9 ...

New England is home to dozens of species of mammals, hundreds of varieties of birds and tens of thousands of different insects, but only one lizard: the five-lined skink. Though I am fond of reptiles ...

Reptile experts have confirmed a lizard that’s not native to Rhode Island was recently discovered in South County. Herpetologists said a five-lined skink, with the scientific name Plestiodon fasciatus ...

We studied aggressive behavior of neonate Common Five-Lined Skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus) in a controlled laboratory study. Two neonates of differing sizes were placed on opposite sides of a divided ...

This little critter is posing on the fingers of a 4-year-old girl. While helping dig sweet potatoes, she noticed it wiggling in the overturned straw and fresh dirt. She recognized that it was a skink ...