African Five-lined Skink vs. Gilbert's Skink

Their ranges do not meet: gardens of the San Gabriel Valley (African Five-lined Skink, introduced) vs the foothills and mountains around it (Gilbert's Skink). A: Each scale with three small keels (a ridged look) in the African Five-lined Skink; smooth and glossy in the Gilbert's Skink. B: Olive with a black throat and neck sides and white lips in the African Five-lined Skink; plain olive or brown, the head often red-orange in the Gilbert's Skink. RANGE IS THE SUREST WAY TO TELL THEM APART: where you are decides which one it is; the rows below help confirm it.

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