Common Five-Lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Squamata |
| Family | Scincidae |
| Genus | Plestiodon |
| Species | Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Kentucky
Counties
- Arkansas
- Baxter, Stone
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2007.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- S3 Vulnerable
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Michigan
- S3 Vulnerable
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- SU Unrankable
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S3 Vulnerable
- NE
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Connecticut
- S2 Imperiled
- Minnesota
- S3 Vulnerable
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- DE
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- Iowa
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- NJ
- SU Unrankable
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2831. https://cavebiology.org/species/plestiodon-fasciatus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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