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	Great Plains Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Plains Skink is very common on the Great Plains, ranging from south-eastern Wyoming and Nebraska (and also Fremont County, Iowa) down to eastern Arizona, Texas, and into Mexico.
		This skink lives in open plains habitat or the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in areas near water, e.g.
		The mating season of the Great Plains Skink is in April or May. The female lays between 5 and 32 eggs (on the average about 12) in early summer, which she guards until they hatch in late summer.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Plains_Skink (242 words)

	great plains skink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Great Plains skinks are easily recognized by their shiny scales and alert, agile appearance.
		Young skinks are jet fl at hatching, with a bright blue tail.
		Skinks are found on all continents except Antarctica.
	www.nps.gov /tont/nature/skink.htm (129 words)

	Grasslands
		The rivers of the Great Plains flow from west to east; extreme turbidity is the key characteristic of the larger rivers.
		The 16 rare Great Plains forest assemblages are largely cottonwood and oak floodplain forests on the eastern and western edges of the plains (Grossman et al.
		Among 45 rare grassland assemblages on the Great Plains, 18 are found in tall-grass prairie, 13 in mixed-grass prairie, 7 in short-grass prairie, and 7 primarily in wetlands.
	biology.usgs.gov /s+t/SNT/noframe/gr139.htm (8910 words)

	Great Plains Skink, Eumeces obsoletus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Great plains skinks are listed as endangered species in Iowa due to their restricted range.
		In the rest of their great plains range west of Iowa, they are a very common lizard.
		Great plains skinks are from open plains habitats.
	herpnet.net /Iowa-Herpetology/reptiles/lizards/great_plains_skink.html (574 words)

	Eumeces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The skink regrows an autotomized tail, which then usually has the same color as the rest of the body and typically is also shorter than the original tail.
		Like other reptiles, these skinks are "cold-blooded" — they are ectothermic animals: their metabolism cannot regulate their body temperature.
		The bite is not very painful, even to children, who may find great amusement with the spectacle of a lizard dangling from their forefinger.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue-tailed+skink (519 words)

	Broad-headed Skink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Broad-headed Skink (Eumeces laticeps) is — together with the Great Plains Skink — the largest of the Eumeces-skinks, growing to a total length of 15 to nearly 33 cm (6 to 13 inches).
		Adult males are brown ore olive brown in color and have bright orange heads during the mating season in spring.
		Broad-headed skinks are widely distributed in the south-eastern states of the U.S, from the East Coast to Kansas and eastern Texas and from Ohio to the Gulf Coast.
	www.uncover.us /en/wikipedia/b/br/broad_headed_skink.html (311 words)

	Chapter 37-Ecological Subregions of the United States
		The Canadian River, in north Texas, is deeply incised into the Great Plains plateau and has developed a broad area (up to 50 mi wide) of complex topography locally known as "The Breaks." Playa lakes are common in the western part of this Section.
		Chromusterts are on outwash plains and broad plateaus.
		The predominant landform consists of a flat, weakly dissected alluvial plain formed by deposition of continental sediments onto a submerged, shallow continental shelf, which was later exposed by sea level subsidence.
	www.fs.fed.us /land/pubs/ecoregions/ch37.html (2928 words)

	* Skink - (Reptile & Amphibian): Definition
		Skinks are among the fastest reptiles in the world, and when encountered they dart quickly for cover.
		This skink feeds primarily on invertebrates, such as insects, snails, and amphipods, but will also eat lizards, including the young of their own species.
		Skinks are used to their habitat in the Solomon Islands, located near the equator, and should be given a 12-hour photoperiod each day.
	en.mimi.hu /reptile/skink.html (713 words)

	The Lizards of Missouri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Skinks and fence lizards are known to eat the winged life stage of termites (called "alates") as they emerge from underground in mid-spring.
		This young ground skink's "forked" tail is a result of its tail not breaking off completely when it was grabbed by a predator.
		A small population of northern prairie skinks lives in one county in Missouri's extreme northwestern corner, and a small population of the southern prairie skink was recently found in southwestern Missouri.
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/herpetol/molizard (2320 words)

	Eumeces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eumeces elegans — Five-striped blue-tailed Skink, Shanghai Skink; East Asia
		Eumeces schneideri — Berber Skink, North Africa: Novoeumeces schneideri
		Finally, there is Eumeces gaigeae, the "Variable Skink" in North America: researchers seem to be unclear about this skink, it is sometimes listed as a separate species, and sometimes as a subspecies of Eumeces multivirgatus, either as Eumeces multivirgatus gaigeae or as Eumeces multivirgatus epipleurotus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eumeces (519 words)

	Five-lined Skink -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Young five-lined skinks are dark brown to fl with five distinctive white to yellowish stripes running along the body and a bright blue tail.
		The range of the Five-lined Skink extends in the north to southern (A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada) Ontario, the lower peninsula of (A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) Michigan and eastern (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York.
		The breeding season of the Five-lined Skink is in spring.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fi/Five-lined_Skink.htm (294 words)

	HerpSearch.com - USA's biggest reptile search engine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She-oak skinks are extremely variable in both colour and pattern,...
		She-oak skinks mate in spring and young are born live in February.
		Skinks are lizards in the class Reptilia, family Scincidae.
	www.herpsearch.com /?q=Skinks&s=350 (260 words)

	BISON Species Account 030185 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1996: The great plains skink is uncommon to rocky slopes in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Arizona (Rosen & et al, 1996) 62.
		Great Plains skink is found in the Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge 32.
		Great plains skink is found in the Bitter National Wildlife Refuge 33.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/030185.htm (1902 words)

	Eumeces
		Geckos Mediterranean Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus Scincidae - Skinks Southeastern Five-lined Skink Eumeces inexpectatus Broadhead Skink Eumeces laticeps Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus Coal Skink...
		Broad-headed Skink [Eumeces laticeps] This quite large male specimen was discovered sunning himself along one of the nature trails on the University of Florida Campus in southeastern Duval County...
		Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica) Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone spinifera) Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus) Prairie Skink (Eumeces septentrionalis) Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus...
	skinklizard.sewnlizard.com /eumeces (798 words)

	Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus)
		The Great Plains Skink was first reported by Baird And Girard, 1852.
		The Great Plains Skink is found in (but not necessarily limited to) the United States of America.
		The Great Plains Skink is just one member of over 6000 from this order.
	www.unitedstatesfauna.com /greatplainsskink.php (201 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Great Victoria desert (AA1305)
		The vast Great Victoria Desert extends from the Eastern Goldfields area in Western Australia across the southern parts of central Australia to the Stuart and Gawler Ranges in South Australia.
		Gibber plains also occur in this ecoregion, consisting of areas in which the soil is covered by a closely-spaced layer of pebbles, and glazed with a thin wind-polished layer of iron oxides.
		An example of this isolation can be seen in the Great Victoria Desert, where a population of Ctentus brooksi is isolated from populations in the Simpson Desert by a narrow strip of scrub vegetation in south-central Northern Territory.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1305_full.html (1578 words)

	Welcome to MokoPili.net -- Lizards of Phoenix and Surrounding Areas
		Habitat: Rocky and gravely habitats of arid and semiarid plains, hills, and lower slopes of mountains.
		In the eastern and central part of its range this skink is chiefly a prairie species, most abundant in open habitats with low vegetation.
		Generally found on plains and gentle foothill slopes, occasionally in areas with cant cover of grasses and herbs, but more commonly where mesquite and yucca are present and often were mesquite is dense.
	www.mokopili.net /phoenix/lizards.htm (4553 words)

	eumeces Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Phrynosoma cornutum) Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) Scincidae - Skinks Coal Skink (Eumeces anthracinus) Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus) Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps) Great...
		Skinks Snakes Turtles Vipers Whiptails Wildlife Page Please select a species: Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus Many-lined Skink Eumeces multivirgatus Variable Skink Eumeces gaigeae We are pleased...
		Skinks: Ground Skink Scincella lateralis adult adult adult, belly view juvenile Five-Lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus adult, female adult, female adult, female and male adult, belly adult with unusual...
	reptile-food-inc.com /catalog/eumeces (1569 words)

	Abstracts 2000
		During an encounter between two skinks, the more aggressive skink is likely to have access to more resources, including food, shelter and mates.
		However, there were no significant differences between levels of aggression (measured by the aggression index) or the number of bites, in skinks with intact versus regenerated tails or between male and female skinks.
		We were thus able to conclude that aggressiveness in the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus), measured with the index of aggression and number of bites, appeared not to be significantly affected by having an intact versus a regenerated tail, sex, snout-vent length, or mass.
	www.k-state.edu /bsanderc/reu/reuabs00.htm (2761 words)

	GREAT PLAINS SKINK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Unlike other skinks, the scales on the sides of this species are not arranged in parallel rows, but rather in oblique (diagonal) rows.
		The base color of the Great Plains Skink is light tan to light grey, and nearly every scale is bordered in dark brown or fl, which sometimes create longitudinal stripes.
		The Great Plains Skink can be found from southern Nebraska and extreme western Missouri, south through much of Texas, west to central Arizona, and south to northeast Mexico (US distribution map).
	herpcenter.ipfw.edu /outreach/accounts/reptiles/lizards/Great_Plains_Skink (187 words)

	Vanessa Agosto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Abstract: Many climate change models for the Great Plains predict that future precipitation patterns will change, reducing the amount of growing season rainfall and increasing the interval between rainfall events.
		We were thus able to conclude that aggressiveness in the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus), measured with the index of aggression and number of bites, appeared not to be significantly affected by having an intact versus a regenerated tail, sex, snout‑vent length, or mass.
		Abstract: The Brown‑headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a brood parasite whose historic breeding range was located primarily in the Great Plains of North America.
	climate.konza.ksu.edu /general/REU.old/reu00/abstracts00.htm (2848 words)

	Skinks - Lizard care
		You might also think about joining one of the many reptile or amphibian related mailing lists that are on the net, where you can ask questions about your reptile or amphibian and learn more about it.
		Great for beginners, but even the pros can learn a lot from them.
		This is a great book for beginner-intermediate lizard keepers; illustrations and diagrams on how to actually set up the terrarium for the lizards.
	www.triciaswaterdragon.com /skinks.htm (1268 words)


		Skinks: There are two species of skinks that are found in the area: Many-lined skink (Eumeces multivirgatus) and the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus).
		The juveniles of the many-lines skink can be easily recognized by their bright blue tail.
		The juveniles of the Great Plains skink is blue-fl to jet fl with a bright blue tail and orange and white spots on the head.
	pajaritoeec.org /3a_nature_guide/amphibians_ng.htm (1267 words)

	scincidae Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Skink (family Scincidae) Description: Four common species in South Carolina, ranging in length from 3 to 12 inches.
		James, 1823 Squamata Colubridae broad-headed skink Eumeces laticeps (Schneider, 1801) Squamata Scincidae Longtail Salamander Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) Caudata Plethodontidae gopher tortoise...
		Family: Scincidae (skinks) Scelotes mira (Roux, 1907) Occurs throughout the highveld region, absent from the middleveld, lowveld and Lubombo regions.
	reptile-food-inc.com /catalog/scincidae (1379 words)

	Eumeces obsoletus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This skink prefers grasslands in the Great Plains with soil suitable for burrowing.
		This diurnal skink forages for insects and spiders.
		In Texas, it is found throughout the state, except the eastern third.
	www.zo.utexas.edu /research/txherps/lizards/eumeces.obsoletus.html (139 words)

	HerpSearch.com - USA's biggest reptile search engine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Five small species of skinks with green blood are found here,...
		Skinks, as do all reptiles, rely on an external source of heat to...
		Comparison of the Normal Habitats of Skinks of Three...
	www.herpsearch.com /?q=skinks&s=310 (319 words)

	Skink
		Skink The skink is a long, crocodile-like lizard native to North Africa.
		Skink" is a soup made originally from a shin of beef.
		The coloration is highly variable, depending on the age and sex of the skink.
	desertlizard.sewnlizard.com /skink (945 words)

	Great Plains Skink -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Great Plains Skink -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		This skink lives in open plains habitat or the eastern foothills of the (The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide) Rocky Mountains, in areas near water, e.g.
		In southeastern Colorado, it occurs in elevation up to about 1900 (The 13th letter of the Roman alphabet) m (7200 (A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard) ft); in northern Colorado, only at elevations below about 1400 m (4500 ft).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Great_Plains_Skink.htm (327 words)

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