Many-lined Skink vs. Little Brown Skink

Both are small, slim, smooth skinks. A: the Many-lined Skink has many thin pale and dark lines down the back and sides; the Little Brown Skink has a plain golden-bronze back with one dark stripe along each side and no pale lines. Young Many-lined Skinks have bright blue tails; Little Brown Skinks never do.

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