Four-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus tetragrammus
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- P. t. tetragrammus – Duval Co, TX – photo from iNaturalist, Chris Harris
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon t. tetragrammus occurs in extreme southern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon tetragrammus tetragrammus (Baird – 1858)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species/Subspecies: tetragrammus, Greek – tetra = four + gramme = lines
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962