Great Plains Skink vs. Broad-headed Skink
Both are large skinks. The Great Plains Skink is light grey or tan with every scale edged in black, and the scales on its sides run in oblique rows; its young are black with spotted heads. The Broad-headed Skink is striped when young and plain brown with a broad orange-red head as an old male; its side scales run in straight rows.
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