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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Reptiles
  5. Lizards and Snakes
  6. Skinks
  7. Typical Skinks

subfamily

Typical Skinks

Scincinae

Includes
13 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Toothy Skinks 13 native
  • Short-legged Skinks
  • Tiger Skinks
  • Sandfish Skinks
  • Cylindrical Skinks
  • Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native typical skinks All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Common Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus 57,104 observations
  • Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps 16,582 observations
  • Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus 11,341 observations
  • Southeastern Five-lined Skink Plestiodon inexpectatus 7,845 observations
  • Great Plains Skink Plestiodon obsoletus 2,983 observations
  • Gilbert's Skink Plestiodon gilberti 2,294 observations
  • Prairie Skink Plestiodon septentrionalis 1,481 observations
  • Four-lined Skink Plestiodon tetragrammus 1,478 observations
  • Florida Sand Skink Plestiodon reynoldsi 555 observations
  • Many-lined Skink Plestiodon multivirgatus 505 observations
  • Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus 388 observations
  • Mole Skink Plestiodon egregius 355 observations
  • Mountain Skink Plestiodon callicephalus 222 observations

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