Scincidae
Shortnose Skink
Plestiodon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
Plestiodon brevirostris, the short-nosed skink, is an ovoviviparous lizard endemic to high elevation habitats in Mexico.
Chinese Skink
Plestiodon chinensis (Gray, 1838)
Plestiodon chinensis, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a large stout lizard with distinct age-related color changes.
Coal Skink
Plestiodon anthracinus Baird, 1849
Plestiodon anthracinus (coal skink) is a mid-sized North American four-lined skink with two recognized subspecies and distinct traits.
Mountain Skink
Plestiodon callicephalus (Bocourt, 1879)
Plestiodon callicephalus, the mountain skink, is a medium-sized lizard native to southwestern US and western Mexico.
Cope's Skink
Plestiodon copei (Taylor, 1933)
Cope's skink (Plestiodon copei) is a viviparous scincid lizard endemic to central Mexico.
Duges' Skink
Plestiodon dugesii (Thominot, 1883)
Plestiodon dugesii, or Dugès' skink, is an endemic ovoviviparous forest lizard of central Mexico's Guanajuato and Michoacán.
Mole Skink
Plestiodon egregius Baird, 1858
Plestiodon egregius, the bluetail mole skink, is a small cylindrical lizard native to central Florida.
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plestiodon fasciatus (the American five-lined skink) is a small to medium-sized lizard with a wide North American range and egg-laying reproduction.
Gilbert's Skink
Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896)
Plestiodon gilberti, or Gilbert's skink, is a heavy-bodied small-legged lizard native to western North America.
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon inexpectatus (Taylor, 1932)
Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink, is a striped lizard found in the southeastern US that lays and broods eggs.
Broad-headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801)
Plestiodon laticeps, the broad-headed skink, is a large North American skink native to the southeastern US.
Oak Forest Skink
Plestiodon lynxe (Wiegmann, 1834)
Plestiodon lynxe, the oak forest skink, is a viviparous scincid lizard endemic to Mexico that lives in high-elevation oak forests.
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus Baird & Girard, 1852
Plestiodon obsoletus, the Great Plains skink, is a large North American skink native to the Great Plains region.
Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1858
Plestiodon septentrionalis, the prairie skink, is a small North American lizard with two separated subspecies, detailed here.
Four-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus Baird, 1859
Plestiodon tetragrammus is a skink species with two subspecies found in the southern US and northern Mexico.
Japanese Skink
Plestiodon japonicus (Peters, 1864)
Plestiodon japonicus is a Japanese skink species with distinct coloration by age and sex, and the broadest distribution of any skink in Japan.
Florida Sand Skink
Plestiodon reynoldsi (Stejneger, 1910)
Plestiodon reynoldsi, the Florida sand skink, is a sand-adapted underground lizard endemic to Central Florida scrub habitats.
Tamaulipan Shortnose Skink
Plestiodon dicei (Ruthven & Gaige, 1933)
Dice's short-nosed skink (Plestiodon dicei) is a lizard species endemic to northeastern Mexico, long considered a subspecies of Plestiodon brevirostris.
Japanese five-lined skink
Plestiodon finitimus Okamoto & Hikida, 2012
Plestiodon finitimus, the Far Eastern skink, is a lizard species endemic to Japan and Russia.
Schwartze's Skink
Mesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884)
The Mayan black-headed skink (Mesoscincus schwartzei) is a living skink species found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
Schneider's Skink
Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)
Eumeces schneiderii is an oviparous skink distributed across parts of North Africa, Western Asia, and the Caucasus.
Olive Dasia
Dasia olivacea Gray, 1839
Dasia olivacea is an arboreal Southeast Asian skink that is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Borneo Skink
Dasia vittata (Edeling, 1865)
Dasia vittata is an oviparous, arboreal endemic Borneo lizard called Borneo or striped tree skink.
Western Rock Skink
Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867)
Trachylepis sulcata, the western rock skink, is a skink species found across multiple locations in Africa.
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