African Five-lined Skink vs. Little Brown Skink

Out of state (Florida) their records share one-degree squares. A: Five pale stripes (females and young) or an olive back with a black throat (males) in the African Five-lined Skink; plain bronze-brown with one dark stripe along each side in the Little Brown Skink. B: Big (body 3 to 4 in) in the African Five-lined Skink; tiny (body under 2 in) in the Little Brown Skink.

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