Southern Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis obtusirostris
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- P. s. obtusirostris – Sebastian Co, AR – Photo from iNaturalist, Cory Roberts
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon s. obtusirostris occurs in central and eastern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon septentrionalis obtusirostris (Bocourt – 1879)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: septentrionalis , Latin = northern
Subspecies: obtusirostris: Latin – obtus = blunt + rostris = snout
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962