

At first, this superficially appeared to be a broad-headed skink given its robust body and head, however its species range is more towards the Southern part of Ohio. Outside of species ranges, other more meticulous identifying characteristics could be used to confirm this to be a five-line skink, such as counting superior labial scales (number of scales above the lip) - five-lined skinks have four superior labial scales and broad-headed skinks have five labial scales. So if you are a herpetologist, you could be wrangling a venomous viper one minute, and counting lip scales the next. The excitement never stops!
4 comments:
That's so cool!
You know it. FS rules.
I've never seen a tail growing back, that's awesome!
Must say that I'm proud to hail from Ashtabula County, where many critters (including the locals) will bite you if handled. Congrats on the capture.
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