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title: "Common Five-lined Skink"
description: "Plestiodon fasciatus — Rettili. The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-five-lined-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Five-lined Skink

> Plestiodon fasciatus — Rettili. The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Plestiodon fasciatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 57653
- Wikidata: [Q167366](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167366)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73788](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73788)

## Names

- en: Common Five-lined Skink
- de: Fünfstreifenskink
- fr: Scinque pentaligne
- nl: Gestreepte skink

## Countries with the most observations

US (37871), CA (2960)

## Summary

The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the Eastern United States and one of the five native species of lizards in Canada.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8447833

## Machine access

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