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Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps) #1 -- broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Subject: Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps) #1 -- broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Poster: John White (reptiles@erols.com)
b skink1-Broadhead Skink-on pebbles-by John White.jpg
File size : 27557 bytes File date : 1999:06:28 09:00:00 Resolution: 609x208 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:28:24 -0400

Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps) #1 -- broad-headed skink (Plestiodon laticeps)


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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

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