Common Sun Skink vs. Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Common Sun Skinks live in Miami-Dade yards and parks with the native Southeastern Five-lined Skink. A: Three low ridges (keels) on each back scale in the Common Sun Skink; smooth and shiny in the Southeastern Five-lined Skink. B: Dark brown with small white, dark-edged spots; some with a big pale or red patch on the side in the Common Sun Skink; five pale stripes (young, females) or plain brown in the Southeastern Five-lined Skink. Old male Southeastern Five-lined Skinks turn plain brown with an orange-red head.

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