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Basic information
Plestiodon laticeps
Broadhead Skink
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilySkinks
GenusSkinks
- English name
- Broadhead Skink
- Alternative names
- Broad-headed Skink
- Synonyms
- Eumeces polygrammus, Scincus americanus, Scincus bicolor, Scincus laticeps, Sclncus erythrocephalus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Arboreal, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 143 mm
- Body mass
- max 67.6 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 29 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 7.7 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 29.3–33.7 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1–1.8 years
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 5–19 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6VQDY · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 17588 · dryad-v5