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The  (American) Five-lined Skink ( Eumeces fasciatus) is one of the most common  lizards in the eastern  U.S. and one of the five species of  lizards in Canada. Other common names include  Blue-tailed Skink (for juveniles) and  Red-headed Skink (for adults).

None of these vernacular names is unique to this species, however, and it is technically more appropriate to call it the "American Five-lined Skink" to distinguish it from the  African skink  Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as  Five-lined Mabuya), or "Eastern Red-headed Skink" to distinguish it from its western relative  Plestiodon skiltonianus (otherwise known as Western Skink). The  Blue-tailed Skink proper is  Cryptoblepharus egeriae from  Christmas Island, but in  North America the juveniles of any  Eumeces or  Plestiodon species may be called this.

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