#1617 · 🦎 reptiles
Common Five-lined Skink
🇳🇱 Gestreepte skink ·Plestiodon fasciatus
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- 1. © Andrew Hoffman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 4. © Michael J. Papay · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Yasuhiko Komatsu · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Paul Bartels · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Tracey Fandre · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Chris Harrison · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The (American) five-lined skink ( Plestiodon fasciatus ) is a species of lizard endemic to North America. S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 58,223 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Five-lined Skink
- Nederlands
- Gestreepte skink
- scientific name
- Plestiodon fasciatus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Scincidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 58,223
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Scincidae
#1638 📷 10Little Brown Skink
🇳🇱 Kleine bruine skink
Scincella lateralis
LC 🌍 23k seen
#1655 📷 8Broad-headed Skink
🇳🇱 Breedkopskink
Plestiodon laticeps
LC 🌍 16.7k seen
#1658 📷 7Common Sun Skink
Eutropis multifasciata
LC 🌍 15.4k seen
#1672 📷 10Common Bluetongue
🇳🇱 Gewone blauwtongskink
Tiliqua scincoides
LC 🌍 12.8k seen
#1674 📷 10Shingleback
🇳🇱 Pijnappelskink
Tiliqua rugosa
LC 🌍 12.8k seen
#1685 📷 10Western Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus
LC 🌍 11.4k seen
#1688 📷 8Eastern Water Skink
Eulamprus quoyii
LC 🌍 10.9k seen
#1705 📷 9Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
Lampropholis delicata
LC 🌍 8.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 73788, Wikidata Q167366, GBIF 5789613, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.