Great Plains Skink vs. Coal Skink
The Coal Skink is a small striped skink with a broad dark band along each side, edged above and below by thin light lines. The Great Plains Skink is much larger, with no side band; instead every scale is edged in black. Both have black, blue-tailed young: young Great Plains Skinks have orange and white spots on the head; young Coal Skinks have faint lines.
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