Description
The Prairie Skink is a small lizard, reaching a length of about 13 to 22 cm (5 to nearly 9 inches). Adult Prairie Skinks are brown or tan on the back and darker on the sides and have several thin lighter stripes along the sides and the back. Juveniles have bright blue tails whose color fades when they mature.
Prairie skinks are good burrowers, they hibernate in burrows they dig themselves below the frost line. They are very secretive and are rarely seen in the open except during their breeding season in spring. They feed on small invertebrates, preferring spiders, crickets, and grasshoppers, but avoiding ants.
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