This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The five-lined skink, aka blue-tailed skink or red-headed skink, is among the most common lizards in the eastern United States, and is also a native of Canada. Sans some habitat loss, hunting, and trapping, these lizards don’t face many other threats. Their populations are stable across their range. The IUCN […]

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