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The (northern) coal skink was first described by Baird in 1850; the southern subspecies P. a. pluvialis was identified by Cope in 1880. They are the near the ancestral form for the fasciatus group. [4] The southern coal skink as a subspecies has posterior supralabials with light centers and dark edges, producing a spotted appearance.
The conspicuous coloring of species of Plestiodon is a survival trait: it attracts a predator's attention to the tail of the animal, which will break off when grabbed. A skink thus often manages to escape and hide under some rock, log, or fallen leaves while the predator still contemplates the wildly thrashing severed tail.
English: Cropped image of a Southern coal skink (Plestiodon anthracinus), from Jefferson County, Missouri, USA, photographed by Peter Paplanus 15 March 2016. Date 14 March 2016, 21:28:18
Plestiodon anthracinus: coal skink: Scincidae: High Plestiodon egregius: mole skink: Scincidae: Low/ Possibly declining Plestiodon fasciatus: five-lined skink: Scincidae: Lowest Plestiodon inexpectatus: southeastern five-lined skink: Scincidae: High Plestiodon laticeps: broad-headed skink: Scincidae: Low Scincella lateralis: ground skink little ...
Plestiodon fasciatus on boardwalk at Francis Beidler Forest Detail of head. The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada.
Together with the Great Plains skink it is the largest of the "Plestiodon skinks", growing from a total length of 15 cm (5.9 in) to nearly 33 cm (13 in). A male broad-headed skink, illustration from Holbrook's North American Herpetology, 1842. The broad-headed skink gets its name from the wide jaws, giving the head a triangular appearance.
Northern coal skink: Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus Baird, 1850: Species of special concern Nominate subspecies: Northern and central counties Common five-lined skink: Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Abundant Essentially statewide, but more common in the northwest, central, and southeast Broad-headed skink: Plestiodon laticeps ...
Coal skink Plestiodon anthracinus; Common five-lined skink Plestiodon fasciatus; Southeastern five-lined skink Plestiodon inexpectatus; Broad-headed skink Plestiodon laticeps; Little brown skink Scincella lateralis; Family: Anguidae. Eastern slender glass lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus longicaudus; Mimic glass lizard Ophisaurus mimicus