Mole Skink vs. Common Five-lined Skink

Young Five-lined Skinks are the striped skinks most often met in the Mole Skink's woods. A: Red, pink or orange in the Mole Skink; bright blue in the young, grey-brown in old adults in the Common Five-lined Skink. B: Two pale stripes, none down the middle in the Mole Skink; five pale stripes, the middle one forking on the head in the Common Five-lined Skink.

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