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Toothy Skinks
Plestiodon
Plestiodon is the name for a genus of lizards formerly referred to as Eumeces, except those now placed in Mesoscincus.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 51 known species
Common Five-lined Skink
speciesPlestiodon fasciatus
Broad-headed Skink
speciesPlestiodon laticeps
Western Skink
speciesPlestiodon skiltonianus
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
speciesPlestiodon inexpectatus
Great Plains Skink
speciesPlestiodon obsoletus
Shanghai Elegant Skink
speciesPlestiodon elegans
Japanese five-lined skink
speciesPlestiodon finitimus
Gilbert's Skink
speciesPlestiodon gilberti
Japanese Skink
speciesPlestiodon japonicus
Prairie Skink
speciesPlestiodon septentrionalis
Four-lined Skink
speciesPlestiodon tetragrammus
Chinese Skink
speciesPlestiodon chinensis
Florida Sand Skink
speciesPlestiodon reynoldsi
Many-lined Skink
speciesPlestiodon multivirgatus
Oak Forest Skink
speciesPlestiodon lynxe
Blue-tailed Skink
speciesPlestiodon quadrilineatus
Coal Skink
speciesPlestiodon anthracinus
Mole Skink
speciesPlestiodon egregius
Cope's Skink
speciesPlestiodon copei
Mountain Skink
speciesPlestiodon callicephalus
Duges' Skink
speciesPlestiodon dugesii
Far Eastern Skink
speciesPlestiodon latiscutatus
Gail's Eyelid Skink
speciesPlestiodon capito
Tamaulipan Shortnose Skink
speciesPlestiodon dicei
Shortnose Skink
speciesPlestiodon brevirostris
Stimpson's Skink
speciesPlestiodon stimpsonii
Kishinoue's giant skink
speciesPlestiodon kishinouyei
Sumichrast's Skink
speciesPlestiodon sumichrasti
Ousima Skink
speciesPlestiodon marginatus
Chinese Blue-tailed Skink
speciesPlestiodon leucostictus
Cuernavaca Shortnose Skink
speciesPlestiodon indubitus
Mexican Shortnose Skink
speciesPlestiodon bilineatus
Barbour's Eyelid Skink
speciesPlestiodon barbouri
Southern Pigmy Skink
speciesPlestiodon parvulus
Oshima Blue-tailed Skink
speciesPlestiodon oshimensis
Bermuda Rock Lizard
speciesPlestiodon longirostris
Liu's Toothy Skink
speciesPlestiodon liui
Balsas Blue-tailed Skink
speciesPlestiodon lotus
Vietnam Skink
speciesPlestiodon tamdaoensis
Northern Pigmy Skink
speciesPlestiodon parviauriculatus
Guerreran Skink
speciesPlestiodon ochoterenae
Chihuahuan Skink
speciesPlestiodon multilineatus
San Lucan Skink
speciesPlestiodon lagunensis
Tung River Skink
speciesPlestiodon tunganus
South Guerreran Blue-tailed Skink
speciesPlestiodon longiartus
Nieto's Shortnose Skink
speciesPlestiodon nietoi
Smith's Skink
speciesPlestiodon coreensis
Senkaku Skink
speciesPlestiodon takarai
Colima Skink
speciesPlestiodon colimensis
Kuchinoshima Island Skink
speciesPlestiodon kuchinoshimensis
Pope's Skink
speciesPlestiodon popei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37763.