Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Scincidae > Plestiodon > Plestiodon laticepsPlestiodon laticeps (Broadhead Skink)Synonyms: Eumeces laticeps; Eumeces polygrammus; Scincus americanus; Scincus bicolor; Scincus laticeps; Sclncus erythrocephalus The broad-headed skink or broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) is species of lizard, endemic to the southeastern United States. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 30 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 22 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 38 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 72.7 % |  | | Gestation [1] | 48 days | | Litter Size [1] | 14 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 8 years | | Reproductive Mode [2] | Oviparous | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 4.331 inches (11 cm) | | | Habitat Substrate [2] | Arboreal, Terrestrial |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Central and Southern mixed grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central forest-grasslands transition |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Central U.S. hardwood forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Chihuahuan desert |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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East Central Texas forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Everglades |
United States |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Flint Hills tall grasslands |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Florida sand pine scrub |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Middle Atlantic coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Mississippi lowland forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Northeastern coastal forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Northern tall grasslands |
Canada, United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Ozark Mountain forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Piney Woods forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Southeastern conifer forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Southeastern mixed forests |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Texas blackland prairies |
United States |
Nearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Gulf Coastal grasslands |
Mexico, United States |
Nearctic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Big Cypress National Preserve |
V |
732120 |
Florida, United States |
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Big Thicket Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
616880 |
Texas, United States |
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
19192 |
Maryland, United States |
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Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
8964 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
V |
7622 |
Georgia, United States |
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area |
V |
7025 |
Oklahoma, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Congaree Swamp National Park |
II |
6095 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Island National Seashore |
II |
20629 |
Georgia, United States |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial |
III |
137 |
Florida, United States |
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George WA Carver National Monument |
V |
210 |
Missouri, United States |
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George Washington Memorial Parkway |
V |
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Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Jean Lafitte National Hist. Park & Preserve National Historical Park |
II |
17686 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Land Between the Lakes Biosphere Reserve |
V |
166264 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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19378 |
District of Columbia, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Stones River National Battlefield |
III |
518 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
26618 |
Alabama, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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