Scincidae

Plestiodon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)

Plestiodon brevirostris, the short-nosed skink, is an ovoviviparous lizard endemic to high elevation habitats in Mexico.

Plestiodon chinensis (Gray, 1838)

Plestiodon chinensis, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a large stout lizard with distinct age-related color changes.

Plestiodon anthracinus Baird, 1849

Plestiodon anthracinus (coal skink) is a mid-sized North American four-lined skink with two recognized subspecies and distinct traits.

Plestiodon callicephalus (Bocourt, 1879)

Plestiodon callicephalus, the mountain skink, is a medium-sized lizard native to southwestern US and western Mexico.

Plestiodon copei (Taylor, 1933)

Cope's skink (Plestiodon copei) is a viviparous scincid lizard endemic to central Mexico.

Plestiodon dugesii (Thominot, 1883)

Plestiodon dugesii, or Dugès' skink, is an endemic ovoviviparous forest lizard of central Mexico's Guanajuato and Michoacán.

Plestiodon egregius Baird, 1858

Plestiodon egregius, the bluetail mole skink, is a small cylindrical lizard native to central Florida.

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.

Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896)

Plestiodon gilberti, or Gilbert's skink, is a heavy-bodied small-legged lizard native to western North America.

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.

Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801)

Plestiodon laticeps, the broad-headed skink, is a large North American skink native to the southeastern US.

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.

Plestiodon obsoletus Baird & Girard, 1852

Plestiodon obsoletus, the Great Plains skink, is a large North American skink native to the Great Plains region.

Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1858

Plestiodon septentrionalis, the prairie skink, is a small North American lizard with two separated subspecies, detailed here.

Plestiodon tetragrammus Baird, 1859

Plestiodon tetragrammus is a skink species with two subspecies found in the southern US and northern Mexico.

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.

Plestiodon reynoldsi (Stejneger, 1910)

Plestiodon reynoldsi, the Florida sand skink, is a sand-adapted underground lizard endemic to Central Florida scrub habitats.

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.

Plestiodon finitimus Okamoto & Hikida, 2012

Plestiodon finitimus, the Far Eastern skink, is a lizard species endemic to Japan and Russia.

Mesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884)

The Mayan black-headed skink (Mesoscincus schwartzei) is a living skink species found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.

Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)

Eumeces schneiderii is an oviparous skink distributed across parts of North Africa, Western Asia, and the Caucasus.

Dasia olivacea Gray, 1839

Dasia olivacea is an arboreal Southeast Asian skink that is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Dasia vittata (Edeling, 1865)

Dasia vittata is an oviparous, arboreal endemic Borneo lizard called Borneo or striped tree skink.

Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867)

Trachylepis sulcata, the western rock skink, is a skink species found across multiple locations in Africa.