Prairie Skink vs. Little Brown Skink

Both are brown skinks with a dark band along each side. The Prairie Skink's broad dark band is edged above and below by pale lines, and its olive-brown back carries thin dark lines; it is a larger, longer-legged skink of sand prairies. The Little Brown Skink is small and short-legged, bronze, with one dark stripe along each side, no pale lines, and a plain back.

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