Southern Coal Skink
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis
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- P. a. pluvialis – Shelby Co, AL – photo by Chris Montross (naherp.com)
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- P. a. pluvialis (juvenile) – Jasper Co, TX – photo by Gary Nafis (californiaherps.com)
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- P. a. pluvialis – Shelby Co, AL – photo by Chris Montross (naherp.com)
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- P. a. pluvialis – Ripley Co, MS – photo by Mat Ormsby (naherp.com)
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- P. a. pluvialis – Marshall Co, OK – photo by Davis S. Lowe (naherp.com)
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- P. a. pluvialis – Marshall Co, OK – photo by Davis S. Lowe (naherp.com)
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- P. a. pluvialis – Jefferson Co, MS – photo by Scott Albert (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon a. pluvialis occurs in eastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (Cope – 1880)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: anthracinus, Greek – anthrakos = coal, carbon + Latin – inus = pertaining to
Subspecies: pluvialis, Latin = pertaining to rain
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962