blue-tailed skink

noun

variants or blue-tailed lizard

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗-

: a harmless widely ranging North American scincoid lizard (Eumeces fasciatus synonym quinquelineatus) having the under surface of the tail bright azure

called also five-lined lizard, redheaded lizard, scorpion

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