I love to see young Common Five-lined Skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus) with their long, bright blue tails, like this one that I spotted on a dead tree earlier this week in Prince William County, Virginia. There is something so whimsically incongruous about that striking color on the skink’s body that I can’t help but smile whenever I see one.
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Mike Powell 
Wow!
Hi Mike, great photo! I never knew these weird creatures existed until my cat caught a few in our backyard… 🙄