Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps) Common Five

The Lizards of Maryland
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus)
Photo by: Mark Tegges
Photo by: Ed Thompson
male
female
Photo by: Jay Kilian
juvenile
Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Photo by: Mark Tegges
Photo by: Mark Tegges
Photo by: John Sullivan/Ribbit Photography
male
female
juvenile
Eastern Six-lined Racerunner
Little Brown Skink
Northern Coal Skink††
Eastern Fence Lizard
(Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata)
(Scincella lateralis)
(Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus)
(Sceloporus undulatus)
Photo by: Mark Tegges
Photo by: Mark Tegges
Photo by: Charlie Stine
Photo by: Mark Tegges
†† = State Listed Endangered
Poster Layout by: Ashlee Horne
580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401, October 2009, www.dnr.maryland.gov
Martin O’Malley, Governor; Anthony G. Brown, Lt. Governor; John R. Griffin, Secretary
Male, female, and juvenile individuals of the
eastern six-lined racerunner, little brown
skink, northern coal skink, and eastern
fence lizard look similar to one another