Four-lined Skink vs. Many-lined Skink

They meet in the Trans-Pecos and on the western Edwards Plateau (the Variable Skink). A: No pale line down the middle in the Four-lined Skink; thin pale lines, one right down the middle in the Many-lined Skink. B: A broad dark band along the side, edged by pale lines in the Four-lined Skink; thin lines along the side; no broad dark band in the Many-lined Skink. Some Many-lined Skinks are almost plain; the young of both have blue tails.

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