Plestiodon fasciatus, the five-lined skink! I only just learned this, but the bright blue tails are a feature only seen on juveniles! It's designed to focus predator attention to the detachable tail. I knew about "tail detach and wriggle, grows back later but only cartilage," but not about the blue-only!
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Plestiodon fasciatus

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Plestiodon fasciatus, the five-lined skink! I only just learned this, but the bright blue tails are a feature only seen on juveniles! It's designed to focus predator attention to the detachable tail. I knew about "tail detach and wriggle, grows back later but only cartilage," but not about the blue-only!

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