Striped skink | reptile | Britannica (original) (raw)

reptile

Also known as: Plestiodon

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  In skink
  In many of the striped skinks, such as the five-lined skink (P. fasciatus) and the broad-headed skink (P. laticeps), stripes fade after the skinks reach sexual maturity. Plestiodon is the dominant genus of skink in north temperate regions of the New World as well as Japan and surrounding areas;…
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