Lizard ID Needed

[Kirk Freeman]

My buddy's place in the Foxwoods Neighborhood of Lafayette (down in the ravine behind Cracker Barrel by I-65) is infested with lizards of some sort. Today I captured a baby lizard.

Can anyone identify this type of lizard?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Mr. Google says maybe a "skink".

How the heck did a skink get to Lafayette? Train? Plane? I-65? Wabash River infiltration? Grad student at Purdue?

 

[Bunnykid68]

blue tailed skinks are every where

 

[phylodog]

I've caught a couple of them around my house.

 

[mrjarrell]

Looks like a salamander. You found it in a ravine? Near water (or what might normally have water in it)? Could be a newt, too. Best to put it back. Many of them are protected species and you never know when one might have special privileges accorded it by the powers that be.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Is this what I have?

Plestiodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You found it in a ravine?

The Foxwoods neighborhood is down in a ravine; it is also forested. I thought geography may help ID it.

 

[atvdave]

Thy are all over my Mom's land in SW Indiana as well.. Don't know what kind.... but blue tail...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

So, are these things local yokels or is wikipedia right that they come from Australia?

 

[Bunnykid68]

So, are these things local yokels or is wikipedia right that they come from Australia?

I have seen them in Evansville since I was a kid. I am 42

 

[mrjarrell]

Is this what I have?

Plestiodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



The Foxwoods neighborhood is down in a ravine; it is also forested. I thought geography may help ID it.

That certainly looks like the same animal in a pic vs pic comparison.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Oh, we're well within the area for those. Cute little guy; I'd be tempted to set up an aquarium.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

OK, looks like they are local yokels:

Eumeces fasciatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The range of the Five-lined Skink extends in the north to southern Ontario, the lower peninsula of Michigan and eastern New York. The western border is in Minnesota, Missouri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, and Texas. These skinks tend to be most abundant on the coastal plain in the southeastern United States and along the Gulf Coast. They have now been seen in increasing numbers in the northern Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland particularly along the shores of the Elk River

 

[Sylvain]

That's some kind of lizard or something like that.

 

[williamnewman1]

OK, looks like they are local yokels:

Eumeces fasciatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The range of the Five-lined Skink extends in the north to southern Ontario, the lower peninsula of Michigan and eastern New York. The western border is in Minnesota, Missouri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, and Texas. These skinks tend to be most abundant on the coastal plain in the southeastern United States and along the Gulf Coast. They have now been seen in increasing numbers in the northern Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland particularly along the shores of the Elk River

beat me to it , but yeah ^

 

[Kirk Freeman]

There was a big brain trust discussion at the hill run today because no one thought they were local and my buddy lives near someone who was involved in the exotic animal bidness.

You can see the pressing issues that we discuss before and after exercise.

 

[bwframe]

They are quite common in Southern IN. I've been seeing them every summer for 25 years.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

They are quite common in Southern IN. I've been seeing them every summer for 25 years.

I simply MUST pay more attention.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Would this person be willing to have a few free-range snakes?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

No, but Lafayette is full of hummingbird sanctuaries.

 

[ctbreitwieser]

Yep, theyre definitely a common sight around the Dubois area. Been seeing 'em my whole life.