Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink is a common skink in the southeastern United States.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Southeastern Five-lined Skink being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Plestiodon laticeps
- Plestiodon fasciatus
- Plestiodon anthracinus
- Plestiodon finitimus
- Plestiodon japonicus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Plestiodon
- Species
- Plestiodon inexpectatus
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