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African Five-lined Skink vs. Six-lined Racerunner

Out of state (Florida) their records share one-degree squares. A: Big, shiny, overlapping scales in the African Five-lined Skink; tiny, dull, grain-like scales in the Six-lined Racerunner. B: Five pale stripes (females and young), the lowest onto the lip in the African Five-lined Skink; six or seven pale stripes, green on the head and neck in adults in the Six-lined Racerunner.

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African Five-lined Skink

Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

Six-lined Racerunner

Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
African Five-lined Skink vs. Six-lined Racerunner: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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