Okefenokee Southeastern Five-lined Skink

Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus) at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023 ©williamwisephoto.com

It was a bit of a surprise to find this skink at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter platform in the middle of the Okefenokee Swamp. I often thing of skinks as more of a terrestrial lizard, and not one to inhabit the inundated prairies of the eastern Okefenokee.

Campsite at the Bluff Lake overnight shelter in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. April 17, 2023.

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