Missouri Animals Ground skink   (Scincella lateralis) Chordate: Vertebrate: Reptile: Lizards: (Lacertilia) Native North American skink Habitat: woodland. Diet: insects, earthworms, spiders. ID Features: brown body, dark strip from upper jaw through the eye and fading down the upper sides of the body. Natural History: The ground skink is a shiny lizard. It is moves through the leaf litter, seldom venturing into the open..

The graphics and text are from: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri by Tom R. Johnson, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1992