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Jenoch

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9. I saw a five-lined skink

Reply to Skink (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 12:19 PM

Jun 2014

once in my backyard. I was reparing a retaining wall and he just darted out and took off. We're on the extreme northern range, so they are not a common sight.

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