African Five-lined Skink vs. Orange-throated Whiptail
The skinks live in gardens of the San Gabriel Valley within the range of this native lizard. A: Big shiny overlapping scales in the African Five-lined Skink; tiny grain-like back scales and big square belly plates in the Orange-throated Whiptail. B: Black in males in the African Five-lined Skink; orange in the Orange-throated Whiptail.
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