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Broad-headed Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 120, February 129, March 141, April 231, May 485, June 216, July 147, August 123, September 140, October 130, November 107, December 110.
United States12,065
Virginia2,207
South Carolina1,469
Georgia1,278
Maryland1,241
North Carolina1,123
Texas882
Louisiana836
Tennessee793
Alabama688

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilySkinks · Scincidae
GenusToothy Skinks · Plestiodon

Sources

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Practise Broad-headed Skink with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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