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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 larger the female, the ...
Plestiodon fasciatus on boardwalk at Francis Beidler Forest Detail of head. The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada.
Plestiodon is a genus of lizards in the family Scincidae (skinks). The genus contains many species formerly classified under the genus Eumeces , except those now placed in Mesoscincus . They are secretive, agile animals with a cylindrical body covered with smooth, shiny scales.
Plestiodon laticeps, broad-headed skink; Plestiodon latiscutatus, Okada's Five-lined Skink (Japan) Plestiodon liui (Asia) Plestiodon longirostris, Bermuda rock skink; Plestiodon lynxe, oak forest skink (Mexico) Plestiodon marginatus, Ryūkyū five-lined skink (Okinawa and Amami Islands) Plestiodon multilineatus; Plestiodon multivirgatus, many ...
Common five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) Gilbert's skink (Plestiodon gilberti) Southeastern five-lined skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus) San Lucan skink (Plestiodon lagunensis) Broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps) Oak forest skink (Plestiodon lynxe) Many-lined skink (Plestiodon multivirgatus) Great Plains skink (Plestiodon obsoletus)
Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus Baird, 1850: Species of special concern Nominate subspecies: Northern and central counties Common five-lined skink: Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Abundant Essentially statewide, but more common in the northwest, central, and southeast Broad-headed skink: Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) Candidate ...
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 ...
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. Eastern slender glass lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus; Mimic glass lizard Ophisaurus mimicus