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    Species Accepted

    Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801)

    Broad-headed Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Plestiodon
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Breitkopfskink German
      Broad-headed Skink English
      Broadhead Skink English
      Hanaabiya chómbo akz
      Mabuia-cabeçuda Portuguese
      Nordamerikansk Bredhovedskink Danish
      Широколобый сцинк Russian
      ヒロズトカゲ Japanese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      89 results
      Hibbitts,T.J. et al. (2000). A new coloration of the broadhead skink, Eumeces laticeps (Reptilia: Scincidae). Texas Journal of Science 52 (3): 259-261.
      Smith, Hobart M. (1946). Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada. Comstock, Ithaca, NY, Xxii + 557 Pp.
      Jones D, Foshee B, & Fitzgerald L. (2021). A herpetological survey of Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary. Check List 17(1): 27-38.
      STEVENSON, DIRK J. et al. (2021). New County Records for Amphibians and Reptiles in Georgia, USA. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 350-359.
      Schmitz, A., & Patrick Mausfeld and Dirk Embert. (2004). Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73 – 89.
      BRANDLEY, MATTHEW C.; OTA, HIDETOSHI; HIKIDA, TSUTOMU; NIETO MONTES DE OCA, ADRIAN; FERIA-ORTIZ, MANUEL; GUO, XIANGUANG; WANG, YUEZHAO. (2012). The phylogenetic systematics of blue-tailed skinks (Plestiodon) and the family Scincidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (1): 163-189.
      Crother, B. I. (ed.). (2012). Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92.
      Douglas, N. H. (1965). Observations on the Predaceous and Cannibalistic Feeding Habits of Eumeces laticeps Schneider. Herpetologica 21 (4): 308-309.
      LOVICH, R. E., AND C. E. PETERSON. (2020). Geographic Distribution: Plestiodon laticeps (Broad-Headed Skink). USA: Louisiana: Webster Parish. Herpetological Review 51: 542.
      Goin, O. B. (1957). An Observation of Mating in the Broad-Headed Skink, Eumeces laticeps. Herpetologica 13 (2): 155-156.

      Citation

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