Animal Pictures Archive mobile
Query: scincidaeResult: 93rd of 96
Eumeces laticeps = broad-headed skink / broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Subject: Eumeces laticeps = broad-headed skink / broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Poster: Wiki Photos (---@---.---)
Eumeces laticeps M Holbrook V2 P16A - broad-headed skink, broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps).jpg
Resolution: 735x1024 File Size: 147934 Bytes Upload Date: 2023:01:25 09:02:09

Eumeces laticeps = broad-headed skink / broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps)


Broad-headed Skink (male) , Eumeces laticeps, hand-colored lithograph
Date 1842
Source North American herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. , modified from Biodiversity Heritage Library
Author John Edwards Holbrook, 1794-1871
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eumeces_laticepsMHolbrookV2P16A.jpg

The broad-headed skink or broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) is species of lizard, endemic to the southeastern United States. The broad-headed skink gets its name from the wide jaws, giving the head a triangular appearance. Adult males are brown or olive brown in color and have bright orange heads during the mating season in spring. Female broad-headed skinks have five light stripes running down the back and the tail.


Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
- Scincus laticeps Schneider, 1801
- Plestiodon laticeps — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
- Eumeces laticeps — Taylor, 1936
- Plestiodon laticeps — Collins & Taggart, 2009

scincidae
93/96
| Mobile Home | New Photos | Random | Funny | Films | Korean |
^o^ Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones ^o^