Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Eumceces inexpectatus

Photo by RW Van Devender ...

SOUTHEASTERN FIVE-LINED SKINK

Photo Credit: John Jensen
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eumeces inexpectatus (Taylor) ...

This species is very similar in appearance to the southeastern five-lined skink and broadhead skink and is usually only identifiable by close examination of the scales: five-lined skinks have an enlarged row of scales under the tail and four labial ...

Plestiodon inexpectatus
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Matheson Hammock Park, Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Florida
12/31/1998 ...

Five-lined skinks can be distinguished from the southeastern five-lined skinks by a row of enlarged scales under the tail and from broadhead skinks by smaller size and four labial (lip) scales instead of five.

southeastern five-lined skink (Eumeces inexpectatus)
southern ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus)
spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)
stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus)
striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) ...

See also: Five-lined Skink, Skink, Lizard, Broadhead Skink, Scorpion