Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
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FIVE-LINED
SKINK Eumeces fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: below Lake Lavon
dam; Dallas Co.: Seagoville area, gravel pits W of Carrollton, creek that runs
through prairie area N of Mesquite, and Spring Creek area N of Garland;
Denton Co.: Argyle area; Kaufman
Co.: .9 mi SW of FM 1388
and Tx 34 near King's Creek; Tarrant
Co.: River Legacy Parks
in NW Arlington, Rockwood Park, Botanic Gardens in Trinity Park, I-820 at
the Trinity River, and below Grapevine Lake dam
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Ellis, Kaufman, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms, Blackland Prairie, and Western Cross Timbers
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