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Four-lined Skink

Plestiodon tetragrammus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 92, February 88, March 100, April 189, May 116, June 63, July 51, August 52, September 62, October 66, November 86, December 83.
United States1,045
Texas1,039
Mexico83
Nuevo Leon35
Tamaulipas28
San Luis Potosi11
New Mexico5
Coahuila de Zaragoza5
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave3
Oklahoma1

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Classification

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

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