You found it in a ravine?
I have seen them in Evansville since I was a kid. I am 42So, are these things local yokels or is wikipedia right that they come from Australia?
That certainly looks like the same animal in a pic vs pic comparison.Is this what I have?
Plestiodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Foxwoods neighborhood is down in a ravine; it is also forested. I thought geography may help ID it.
OK, looks like they are local yokels:
Eumeces fasciatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The range of the Five-lined Skink extends in the north to southern Ontario, the lower peninsula of Michigan and eastern New York. The western border is in Minnesota, Missouri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, and Texas. These skinks tend to be most abundant on the coastal plain in the southeastern United States and along the Gulf Coast. They have now been seen in increasing numbers in the northern Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland particularly along the shores of the Elk River
They are quite common in Southern IN. I've been seeing them every summer for 25 years.