Short-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus brevilineatus
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- P. t. brevilineatus – Hays Co, TX – photo by Craig McIntyre
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- P. t. brevilineatus – Schleicher Co, TX – photo by Chris Harrison (naherp.com)
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- P. t. brevilineatus – Schleicher Co, TX – photo by Chris Harrison (naherp.com)
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- P. t. brevilineatus – Jefff Davis Co, TX – photo by Jake Scott (naherp.com)
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- P. t. brevilineatus – Burnet Co, TX – photo by Thomas Fisher (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon t. brevilineatus occurs in south Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon tetragrammus brevilineatus (Cope – 1880)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: tetragrammus, Greek – tetra = four + gramme = lines
Subspecies: brevilineatus: Latin – brevis = short + lineatus = lined
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962