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title: "Southeastern Five-lined Skink"
description: "Plestiodon inexpectatus — Reptiles. Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink is a common skink in the southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southeastern-five-lined-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southeastern Five-lined Skink

> Plestiodon inexpectatus — Reptiles. Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink is a common skink in the southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Plestiodon inexpectatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 7943
- Wikidata: [Q137678](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137678)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73790](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73790)

## Names

- en: Southeastern Five-lined Skink
- de: Südöstlicher Fünfstreifenskink
- es: Eslizón de cinco líneas del sureste

## Countries with the most observations

US (5498)

## Summary

Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink is a common skink in the southeastern United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plestiodon_inexpectatus

## Photo

![Southeastern Five-lined Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southeastern-five-lined-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Lila · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60382878

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southeastern-five-lined-skink?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).