These lizards can be as common as they are beautiful!
The Five Lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is one of my favorite wild lizards. After living in Wisconsin for 25 years, I was finally able to locate one in the wild. Here is Arkansas, they are a lot more common, and we encounter them frequently.
While the males eventually become a tan color with a rusty-colored red head, the females will maintain their beautiful black body with the namesake five yellow lines running lengthwise along it. Younger Five Lined Skinks also come with an electric blue tail, which can detach when they are grabbed or threatened.
I mention how incredible the baby Five Lined Skinks are in the video, and thankfully, I was able to locate one within hours of filming, so I took this photo as an example. Please note my finger for a size comparison. The rest of the info is in the video, enjoy!
The information is the video is original but I did have a quick refresher from this source.
THE WILD-MAN'S WILD FRIENDS - EPISODE 24
FIVE LINED SKINK
If you enjoyed this video, please consider thanking @thelivingpoet for encouraging me to make it!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-wild-friend-five-lined-skink
Until next time…
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You must have some good eyes to catch it in the wild! Amazing exemplar!
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I think I must. I've been doing it all life long (locating animals in the wild and catching them).
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My selfesteem is taking a dip watching these post. I always feel like a pussy getting close to animals like these. Respect!
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Awe man. This one is just a little lizard too.
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@papa-pepper the Lizard is indeed an amazing animal that comes in different sizes and colors. Do you know that some cats eat lizard and even human eat some species of lizard. Guess that you will like to have a bite isnt it? good one, thanks for sharing
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There sure is a lot of variety in lizards. I was just catching some geckos with my oldest daughter.
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Wow, I saw the pic , your daughter will even do better than you in the future. Good job indeed.
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Love your posts and how courageous you are.resteemed
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So cute! I like the name Skink!
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I love those cute little lizards. I always call them blue tailed skink. Upvoted and resteemed! Thanks for another great post!
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That is one common nickname for them.
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It's so little!
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It's one of my favourite things when a creature will just sit on your hand like that! I had a lovely day of be-friending insects and having them just sit on my hand and I'm half way through writing a post about it. I got distracted though trying to figure out discord for the first time and now it past my bedtime :)zzzzz
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How many of these videos have you been bitten in
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That's a pretty cool little lizard! I've never seen one of those! I think the first time I ever really saw a lizard in my life Was while I was in Afghanistan! All sorts of critters there! And of course here in Nebada they're pretty much everywhere. Lol. But once again sir, great video packed with loads of Info! Thank you sir!
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Cool lizards. Upvoted. Resteemed.
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Great post! Thank you! I have a lizard's day) Today posted some shots and surfing the internet I meet them everywhere) Maybe I did not pay attention earlier!
Interesting Episodes you have! I'll watch them, thanks.
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That's one cool little dude ;) great post
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Such a slick little dude
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I saw them only twice in 13 years in SC-they are very beautiful with that blue tail :)
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Cool, thank you!
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I have a soft spot for lizards :) great post.
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Thank you.
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@papa-pepper Awwww that lizard is beautiful! :D
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That's a beautiful lizard!
Great post! :)
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Up until about a month ago, I'd never even heard of a skink, let alone realized that we have lizards here in British Columbia. But then a friend posted a video of one that they found while camping, and about a week later, I stumbled upon some information about them in a reptile display at a museum, and learned that they can be found in at least three provinces. Then lo and behold, while hiking last week, I actually encountered one for the first time in my life! It stuck around long enough for me to take a few pictures, but it didn't want to be picked up. Which was probably a good thing, because I later found out that they can bite :)
There's a photo of the little guy (or gal) here: https://steemit.com/photography/@onefitmom/hiking-the-stawamus-chief-with-my-almost-six-year-old
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A five-lined skink is one of my favorites. They seem so substantial compared to regular lizards, even the fence lizards.
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I never seem to find them when they are that small! How do you catch them and hold them for an extended period of time?
That little man is glued to your thumb!
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They jump and run usually. Can only get them still for a minute.
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Congratulations @papa-pepper!
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Wow...amazing..
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I adore these little lizards. I specially like this striped one. They are unbelievably streamlined. Thanks so much for including the little guy :)
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