Broad-headed skink : Eumeces laticeps


Kingdom : Animalia
   Phylum : Chordata
          Class : Reptilia
               Order : Lacertilia
                    Family : Scincidae
                         Genus : Eumeces
                              Species : laticeps

Description:

This skink is prominent in Northern Florida and the Gulf states.
Skink, Photo by David Byres It has a wide head, a dark brown body, and a dorsolateral stripe along its 4th scale row. The adult males have a very large reddish-orange head and blue tail.

Broad-headed Skinks consume large numbers of wasp pupa and other insects. The wasp stings do not penetrate the hard bony scales.




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