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The broad-headed skink or broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) is species of lizard, endemic to the southeastern United States. [1] The broadhead skink occurs in sympatry with the five-lined skink ( Plestiodon fasciatus ) and Southeastern five-lined skink ( Plestiodon inexpectatus ) in forest of the Southeastern United States.
Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...
The middle stripe tends to be narrower than the others, and the dark areas between stripes are black in young skinks but become brown with age. A similar lizard, the common five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus), is slightly smaller than the southeastern five-lined skink and has broader stripes. However, it is difficult to discriminate between ...
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mole skink: Scincidae: Low/ Possibly declining Plestiodon fasciatus: five-lined skink: Scincidae: Lowest Plestiodon inexpectatus: southeastern five-lined skink: Scincidae: High Plestiodon laticeps: broad-headed skink: Scincidae: Low Scincella lateralis: ground skink little brown skink: Scincidae: Low Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sexlineatus ...
The conspicuous coloring of species of Plestiodon is a survival trait: it attracts a predator's attention to the tail of the animal, which will break off when grabbed. A skink thus often manages to escape and hide under some rock, log, or fallen leaves while the predator still contemplates the wildly thrashing severed tail.
Eastern six-lined racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineata sexlineata; Family: Scincidae. Coal skink Plestiodon anthracinus; Common five-lined skink Plestiodon fasciatus; Southeastern five-lined skink Plestiodon inexpectatus; Broad-headed skink Plestiodon laticeps; Little brown skink Scincella lateralis; Family: Anguidae
Common five-lined skink: Plestiodon fasciatus: Scincidae: Secure (S5) Southeastern five-lined skink: Plestiodon inexpectatus: Scincidae: Secure (S5) Broad-headed skink: Plestiodon laticeps: Scincidae: Secure (S5) Little brown skink: Scincella lateralis: Scincidae: Secure (S5) Eastern six-lined racerunner: Aspidocelis sexlineatus sexlineatus ...