Posted on September 21, 2022 by L. L. CoblePhoto of the Day Now that summer is coming to a close, this juvenile Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) will soon be headed underground for the winter. For now, it spends sunny days searching for invertebrates among large logs in a forest clearing. In the Lower Susquehanna River Watershed, roads, high-intensity agriculture, and suburban development have fragmented populations of Five-lined Skinks and many other reptiles and amphibians, thus subjecting them to piecemeal elimination.