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The Great Plains skink, together with the broad-headed skink, is the largest skink of the genus Plestiodon. It reaches a length of 9 to 13 cm from snout to vent (SVL) or up to nearly 34 cm total length (including the tail). This lizard is light gray or beige in color; its dorsal scales have black or dark brown edges. The scales on the sides run ...
Other large members in the genus Plestiodon are a broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps) and a Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) with a maximum length of 32.4 cm (12.8 in) [163] and 34.9 cm (13.7 in) [164] and a SVL 14.3 cm (5.6 in) [163] and 14 cm (5.5 in) [165] respectively. The genus Chalcides includes many legless or almost ...
Scincidae – skinks Coal skink; Skin colored black dotted skink; Five-lined skink; Broadhead skink; Great Plains skink; Southern prairie skink (Plestiodon obtusirostris) Northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) Ground skink; Teiidae – whiptails Six-lined racerunner
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Plestiodon marginatus Hallowell, 1861 – Okinawa blue-tailed skink, Ousima skink; Plestiodon multilineatus (W. Tanner, 1957) – Chihuahuan skink; Plestiodon multivirgatus Hallowell, 1857 – many-lined skink; Plestiodon nietoi Feria-Ortiz & García-Vázquez, 2012; Plestiodon obsoletus Baird & Girard, 1852 – Great Plains skink
Five-lined skink: Plestiodon fasciatus: Great Plains skink: Plestiodon obsoletus: Endangered Northern prairie skink: Plestiodon septentrionalis: Six-lined racerunner: Aspidoscelis sexlineata: Slender glass lizard: Ophisaurus attenuatus: Threatened
This is a checklist of American reptiles found in Northern America, based primarily on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). [1] [2] [3] It includes all species of Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States including recently introduced species such as chameleons, the Nile monitor, and the Burmese python.
The main threats Wednesday include snow squalls in the Northeast and severe weather in the Great Plains. Fox Weather 13 hours ago Clipper system dives through Northeast bringing dangerous snow ...