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Broadhead Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Lifer! This young male is starting to lose his stripes and turn tan with a red head. Although mostly identical to the five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus), you can tell them apart by the number of upper lip scales.

Habitat:

Found under a carpet near an old, falling apart house in an oak forest.

Reference Links:

Broad-headed Skink

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Comments (4)
Tom15
Congrats on the lifer and a nice series of pictures!
AshleyT
Thanks! We were looking for herps, so you flip everything you can. Herps love carpet :)
Fyn Kynd
Great shots and congrats! Why were you looking under a carpet? lol

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedApril 25, 2014

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