Broad-headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
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- P. laticeps – Charlton Co, GA – iNaturalist, John Sullivan
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- P. laticeps (M & F) – Burke Co, NC – photo by Robert Russo (naherp.com)
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- P. laticeps – Orleans Parish, LA – photo by James Jeffery (naherp.com)
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- P. laticeps – Orange Co, NC – photo by Stacy Schenkel (naherp.com)
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- P. laticeps – Montgomery Co, TX – photo by Chris McMartin (naherp.com)
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- P. laticeps – Montgomery Co, TX – photo by Chris McMartin (naherp.com)
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- P. laticeps – Georgetown Co, SC – photo by Kyle Loucks (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon laticeps occurs in eastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider – 1801)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: laticeps, Latin – latus = broad + ceps = head
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962