Common Five-lined Skinks – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Plestiodon fasciatus

Common Five-lined Skinks are generally gray, brown, or black, in background color with five white or yellowish stripes, two on each side and one down the center of the back.

Common Five-lined Skink Basking In Sunlight

By Mia McPherson|September 7th, 2025|Categories: Common Five-lined Skinks, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, Common Five-lined Skink, fallen log, log, Plestiodon fasciatus, reptiles, skink, skinks, summer, tree|

A few days ago, I was thrilled to see and photograph this Common Five-lined Skink as it basked in the sunlight on a fallen tree next to the auto tour road.

Birds and Wildlife From Arkansas And Sequoyah NWR In Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|May 6th, 2024|Categories: American Lady Butterflies, Arkansas, Birds, Blue-winged Teals, Carolina Chickadees, Common Five-lined Skinks, Coyotes, Fox Squirrels, Great Horned Owls, House Finches, Northern Cardinals, Northern Flickers, Oklahoma, Pine Siskins, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Three-toed Box Turtles, Tufted Titmouses|Tags: American Lady Butterfly, Baeolophus bicolor, Blue-winged Teal, Bubo virginianus, Canis latrans, Cardinalis cardinalis, Carduelis pinus, Carolina Chickadee, Colaptes auratus, Coyote, Diamondback Watersnake, Fox Squirrel, Great Horned Owl, Haemorhous mexicanus, House Finch, Nerodia rhombifer, Northern Cardinal, Northern Flicker, Pine Siskin, Poecile carolinensis, Sciurus niger, Spatula discors, Terrapene carolina ssp. triunguis, Three-toed Box Turtle, Tufted Titmouse, Vanessa virginiensis|

I'm sharing a bunch of bird and wildlife photos that I have recently photographed in my friend Steve's yard in Arkansas, and from Sequoyah NWR in Oklahoma.

Common Five-lined Skink Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 15th, 2023|Categories: Common Five-lined Skinks, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Common Five-lined Skink, female, lizard, lizards, log, male, Oklahoma, Plestiodon fasciatus, reptiles, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, skink, skinks, spring, summer|

Today, I am sharing three Common Five-lined Skink photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma when I visited my friend Steve Creek.