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Northern Prairie Skink

Plestiodon septentrionalis septentrionalis

Classification

Family
Scincidae

The prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) is a species of skink endemic to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is one of only six species of lizards that occur in Canada. Taxonomy The prairie skink was first described by Baird in 1859.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 66Canada · 33