Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)


 

Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)

This large skink is common in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont of North Carolina and also found in the southern Mountains. Up to a foot in length, adult males develop a reddish-orange head.

Orange Co., NC 5/7/2011.

Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)

Skink wink.

Orange Co., NC 5/7/2011.

Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)

Orange Co., NC 6/3/20121.

 

 

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