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Coal Skink

Plestiodon anthracinus

Photo by Greg LeClair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Adult individual captured while surveying herps at Gulf Coast Research Lab (released shortly after gathering information). Had some scarring- likely from male-male combat.

Habitat:

College campus- found under sheet of plastic.

Species ID Suggestions

Coal Skink

Plestiodon anthracinus

Comments (1)

Actually, looking closer at this, it appears to be a coal skink (still genus Plestiodon). Either way, it isn't a ground skink!
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PublishedMarch 28, 2016

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