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SpeciesScincidae
Reptiles

🦎Plestiodon fasciatus

Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The (American) five-lined skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the Eastern United States and one of the six native species of lizards in Canada.

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≈ 1/4,500th of your weight
Also called
Common five-lined skink, Common Five-lined Skink, Five-lined Skink
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2007.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.01 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
6 years
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Everything we know about the Plestiodon fasciatus

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.01 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
6 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
ACT
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.09 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.07 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l
0 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Plestiodon fasciatus yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyScincidae
  5. ›genusPlestiodon
  6. ›speciesPlestiodon fasciatus
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. infraorderScinciformata
  3. familyScincidae
  4. genusPlestiodon
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderScinciformata
  12. familyScincidae
  13. genusPlestiodon
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Gestreepte skink (nl), Plestiodon fasciatus (fr), Plestiodon fasciatus (sv), Plestiodon fasciatus (vi), Plestiodon fasciatus (de), Plestiodon fasciatus (es) … and 10 more languages
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