Azure-tailed Skink vs. Mottled Snake-eyed Skink

The Azure-tailed Skink is now known from very few Hawaii records (Kauai, Hawaii Island). A: Bright blue in the Azure-tailed Skink; brown or dark, not blue in the Mottled Snake-eyed Skink. B: Three pale stripes, the middle one down the spine in the Azure-tailed Skink; a pale stripe along each side only in the Mottled Snake-eyed Skink.

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