My dad sent me this photo of a five-lined skink hatchling.
It is only two inches long.
Five-lined skinks (Eumeces fasciatus) are very cold tolerant lizard– and very common in my part of the world. They are found as far north as Minnesota and are also found in the Champlain Valley of New York and Vermont. It is the only lizard native to New England.
The females lay eggs in my mother’s flowerbed, and the little ones hatch out about this time every year.
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Beautiful lizard. We have them around here too.
The first time my mom found on in the house you would swear she had come across the creature from Chamber of Secrets.
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