Broadhead Skink

Gotta say, not my favorite critter in the yard.  Thankfully they're harmless unless attacked or cornered/threatened in which case large or adult individuals will "deliver a powerful bite".  Guess what I'm not going to do --  corner a large skink.  
As you might expect they move very quickly, being a lizard, and their head turns red during mating season.  They breed only once a year in late spring and are found only in the southeastern United States, the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina.  I think this guy hopped a west-bound freight when nobody was looking.