What kind of lizard is this?

[farmmom]

I found this little guy eating the bugs near my garbage. What is he?

[MariaAZ]

Looks a bit like the skinks we have around here.

[ladycat]

Hard to tell from the pic, but it looks like some sort of skink.

[Windy_jem]

Looks like a 5 line skink

[Tricky Grama]

Yup-a skink! Aren't they neat! We have lots at our land.

Patty

[mooman]

Yup, Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus). Big male looking to score some "tail" Only the males have the red head and only during the mating season. The younger ones have the brilliant blue tail (to draw attention away from the head.) It can lose the tail just like an anole.

I grew up in PA and I maybe saw a fence lizard twice even with all the time I spent in the woods. Down here I've got the 5-lined, anoles, fence lizards. Whole colonies of them inhabiting barn stalls and woodpiles and even my back porch. I've always had a thing for herps so it still a thrill. Did I mention buying my homestead was the best thing i ever did?

[JJ Grandits]

Skink? OK that makes more sense. I always thought it was Skank. Sort of insulting for a poor little lizard.

[poppy]

Originally Posted by JJ Grandits

Skink? OK that makes more sense. I always thought it was Skank. Sort of insulting for a poor little lizard.

I can understand your confusion. A lot of the skanks around here have red heads too, usually obtained at the beauty parlor. We also have a lot of the two-toned skanks with blond/red or blond/black heads. The whole "tail" thing is another similarity.

[greenboy]

If they are good with rice?

[Silvercreek Farmer]

I had one looking at me today from a fresh chainsaw kerf!

[DavidUnderwood]

I don't know, green boy.
I'd personally prefer grits.

[MELOC]

did you hear barry white music in the background?

[livesalone]

..looks like he's cussin' you out for disturbing his privacy...LOL

Lynne

[DamnearaFarm]

Originally Posted by poppy

I can understand your confusion. A lot of the skanks around here have red heads too, usually obtained at the beauty parlor. We also have a lot of the two-toned skanks with blond/red or blond/black heads. The whole "tail" thing is another similarity.

AHAHAAHAHAH! Oh, Poppy! You're a riot.

I had one of the males on our walk out front. He was minus a tail, so I think the cats got hold of him. I coulda sworn I saw blood under his head and we thought he was dead. He moved a bit throughout the day and disappeared when the storm hit that day....

Originally Posted by MELOC

did you hear barry white music in the background?

Oh, I am dying laughing over here!!!!