Broadhead Skink
Plestiodon laticeps
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 7,700
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The broad-headed skink or broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) is species of lizard, endemic to the southeastern United States. The broadhead skink occurs in sympatry with the five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) and Southeastern five-lined skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus) in forest of the Southeastern United States. All three species are phenotypically similar throughout much of their development and were considered a single species prior to the mid-1930s.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plestiodon laticeps”.