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    • Great Plains Skink
  • Scientific names
    • Eumeces obsoletus
    • Plestiodon obsoletus
    • Plestiodon obsoletum
    • Lamprosaurus guttulatus
  • Unknown
    • Great Plains Skink

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What

Great Plains Skink Plestiodon obsoletus

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danjleavitt

Date

May 18, 2010
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Description from Wikipedia

The Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus) is — together with the Broad-headed Skink — the largest skink of the genus Eumeces. It reaches a length of 9 to 13 cm (3.5 to 5 inches) from snout to vent or up to nearly 34 cm (13.5 in) total length (including the tail).

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.