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	Mole Skink
		Mole skinks are perhaps most common in sandy scrub and coastal dune habitats and often inhabit offshore islands.
		Rather than running on their tiny legs, mole skinks use their slender bodies to wriggle or "swim" through sand or loose soil, often disappearing in a flash as soon as they are discovered.
		Mole skinks are so secretive that much remains to be learned about their habits and behavior.
	www.uga.edu /~srelherp/lizards/eumegr.htm (348 words)

	NSiS: Florida Wildlife - Skinks
		Mole skinks all burrow underground in loose sand.
		The Southern Coal Skink, Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis, is found on moist hillsides of deciduous and pine woods in the western panhandle.
		The Northern Mole Skink, Eumeces egregius similis, is found in dry sandy and rocky areas of the panhandle.
	www.nsis.org /wildlife/rept/liz-skink.html (571 words)

	BLUETAIL MOLE SKINK and SAND SKINK , U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		North of Polk County, the blue-tail is replaced by the peninsular mole skink (Eumeces egregius onocrepis), or by intergrades with that subspecies (Mount 1965, Christman 1970).
		Sand skinks are most frequently found in the ecotone between rosemary scrub and palmetto-pine flatwoods where moisture is present beneath the surface litter, e.g., bark, and in sand starting at a depth of 2 centimeters or 1 inch (Telford 1959).
		In the southern Lake Wales ridge where most of the sand skink's and all of the blue-tailed mole skink's habitat still remains, 64 percent of the area was developed by 1981 (Peroni and Abrahamson 1985).
	www.fws.gov /endangered/i/c/sac2w-.html (1334 words)

	Eumeces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The genus of Eumeces - skinks is due to Wiegmann 1834.
		The skink regrows an autotomized tail which usually has the same color as the of the body and typically is also than the original tail.
		Like other reptiles these skinks are "cold-blooded" — they ectothermic animals: their metabolism cannot regulate their body temperature.
	www.freeglossary.com /Blue-tailed_skink (463 words)

	Floridata: Animals of the Florida Scrub
		The rare blue-tailed mole skink is known only from scrub and sandhills habitats on Florida's Lake Wales Ridge in Polk, Osceola and Highlands Counties.
		Mole skinks spend most of their time below the surface where they "swim" through the loose scrub sand.
		Many species of skinks (lizards in the family Scincidae) have blue tails as juveniles, but the blue-tailed mole skink tends to retain the trait as an adult.
	www.floridata.com /tracks/scrub/animals/eum_egre.cfm (122 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Sand Skinks and Bluetail Mole Skinks ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The sand skink is endemic to the sandy ridges of central Florida, occurring in Highlands, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Putnam counties.
		Current research indicates that densities of sand skinks per acre range from 371 to 419 in habitats consisting of sand live oak with open groundcover, from 145 to 194 in habitats consisting of improved pasture with a mosaic of open sandy patches, and 81 in habitats consisting of sand live oak with moderate ground cover.
		The bluetail mole skink occupies xeric upland habitats of the Central Ridge in peninsular Florida.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2005/October/Day-13/e20498.htm (1786 words)

	Sand Skink
		Sand skink: The sand skink occurs in Marion, Lake, Orange, Polk, and Highlands Counties, Florida.
		Of several skinks found in Florida, one is a very unusual inhabitant of the scrub habitats of the Lake Wales Ridge -- the sand skink.
		SKINKS - Egernia: Heath Skink/ Southern Sand Skink, Victoria, South and Western Australia, ?", Of the two subspecies, the nominate form is known only from a limited range.
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/S/Sand_Skink.shtml (1870 words)

	Mole Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mole Skinks (Eumeces egregius) are small lizards living in Florida.
		Mole skinks are found in sandhills and scrub.
		It shares habitat with the Sand Skink, which is also endangered, but does not compete with it: whereas the Sand Skink feeds underground, the Bluetail Mole Skink hunts on the surface.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mole_Skink (419 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Finding of No Significant ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Quantification of historic or current population size and distribution of skinks is difficult because these species are difficult to survey; they are small and hard to locate due to their semi-(sand skink) to completely fossorial (bluetail mole skink) habits.
		Much of the historic skink habitat occurred along a 100-mile stretch of parallel ancient dunes that were situated on a north-south axis from Orange to Highlands counties.
		As a consequence of habitat fragmentation, much of the remaining habitat for skinks is poor quality due to the lack of periodic fires brought on by post-settlement fire exclusion.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/June/Day-19/i15369.htm (1761 words)

	SFRA Chapter 5 (TERRA-5) - Effects of Forest Management On Terrestrial Ecosystems
		The longleaf pine-wiregrass community is vital habitat for the gopher tortoise and important habitat for mole skinks, glass lizards, scarlet snakes, pine snakes, and coachwhip snakes.
		The fence lizard and five-lined skink are associated with snags, while the slender glass lizard and the broadhead skink use fallen logs.
		The sand skink, ground skink, and six-lined racerunner occur in mixed pine and hardwoods.
	www.srs.fs.usda.gov /sustain/report/terra5/terra5-07.htm (4863 words)

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		The blue-tailed mole skink was described in 1965 (03); there have been no alternative classifications proposed for this subspecies since that time.
		POPULATION BIOLOGY: Undescribed for the blue-tailed mole skink.
		The main recovery need for the blue-tailed mole skink is to protect and manage sufficient areas of habitat to ensure the continued survival of this subspecies.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e154015.htm (1183 words)

	Lizards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Skinks are smooth, shiny, active lizards that may be seen scurrying quickly along the ground in search for insects.
		This skink may get to be five inches in length and is light brown with a wide dark stripe along its sides.
		The ground skink is found in all habitats that have ground cover such as grass or leaves.
	lee.ifas.ufl.edu /articlearchive/lizards.htm (635 words)

	Native Florida Lizards
		The Coal Skink is a four-lined skink -- it does not have a line on the center of its back.
		I am able to identify the prior photo as a Southeastern Five-lined Skink because that is the only species of skink found in the Everglades, where I took the photo.
		The Southeastern Five-lined Skink is the most common within the state of Florida; the Five-lined Skink is the least common.
	www.southalley.com /album_lizard.html (1041 words)

	Lizards of South Florida Part I: Native Species
		Skinks are among the few lizards to demonstrate any parental care.
		Ground skinks are commonly seen moving across lawns in a snake-like manner.
		This skink is found in sandy areas near the shoreline, where it can burrow under debris and in the loose soil.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /UW061 (2175 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; reptiles: Lacertilia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This family is limited to Skinks, which occur on all continents in temperate and tropical climates.
		The family is characterized by smooth, shiny scales that cover the body, and tails that break off easily.
		Skinks use their tail-breaking ability as a mechanism for escape from predators.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/reptiles/squamata/lacertilia.html (479 words)

	Mole Skink (Eumeces egregius)
		The Mole Skink was first reported by Baird, 1858.
		The Mole Skink is found in (but not necessarily limited to) the United States of America.
		The Mole Skink is just one member of over 6000 from this order.
	www.unitedstatesfauna.com /moleskink.php (186 words)

	Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skinks are found in a variety of habitats worldwide.
		Raccoons, foxes, opossums, snakes and hawks all prey on skinks.
		the taxonomy of the Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skink (414 words)

	Discovering Florida Scrub ©2000-Sand Dwelling Animals pgs 46-47
		The blue-tailed mole skink, occurs only on the Lake Wales Ridge, and is most frequently found at a depth of 1-2 inches under the sand's surface.
		The burrows that a pygmy mole cricket makes on the surface of the sand after a rain demonstrate how the cricket is looking for and eating algae that live under the surface.
		Some species such as the sand skink, the blue-tailed mole skink, and the short-tailed snake spend almost their entire lives underground.
	www.archbold-station.org /discoveringflscrub/unit2/unit2sda.html (975 words)

	Coal Skink in Alabama
		Differs from broad-headed skink, five-lined skink, and southeastern five-lined skink in being smaller, having an undivided postmental scale (versus divided), and, in younger individuals, having dull blue as opposed to a bright blue tail.
		pluvialis, the northern coal skink and southern coal skink, respectively, occur in Alabama (Mount 1975).
		Within Alabama, the northern coal skink is found in the northwestern portion of state, where it shows evidence of intergradation with the southern form in the northwestern Fall Line Hills and on Sand Mountain (Mount 1975).
	www.outdooralabama.com /watchable-wildlife/what/Reptiles/Lizards/cs.cfm (626 words)

	Scrub
		Birds such as quail, ground doves, common nighthawks, and loggerhead shrikes are frequent residents of low scrubs.
		Within the Florida scrub there are more than 20 species of animals that are listed as rare, threatened, or endangered, including the indigo snake, sand skink, and mole skink.
		These rare animals include the Florida scrub jay, scrub lizard, blue-tailed mole skink, sand skink, and Florida mouse.
	www.sfrc.ufl.edu /4h/Ecosystems/Scrub/scrub.html (1869 words)

	FieldHerpForum.com :: View topic - Lake Wales Ridge Scrub Herping
		When I say "sand swimming" that's truly what I mean, because sand skinks and mole skinks can move through the sand with all the grace and finesse of a fish in water.
		Here, the mole skink demonstrates the sand swimming ability that makes it so difficult to get a good look at.
		Dan managed to find another mole skink later, but it was missing its characteristic blue tail.
	www.fieldherpforum.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=2831 (1282 words)

	Florida Lizards Photos
		Species numbers may have increased in recent years as molecular analysis reveals that lizards thought to be sub-species are actually different species.
		The range is this skink is primarily the plains states west of the Mississippi, but the range extends into Wisconsin.
		Eight species of skink are found in USA east of Mississippi River.
	www.southalley.com /lizards.html (989 words)

	Species Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		General Information: The bluetail mole skink is a small, shiny, brownish to pink, cylindrical, lizard.
		The coloration in the bluetail mole skink is brown with lighter paired dorsolateral stripes diverging posteriorly (Christman 1978).
		ITIS Reports -- ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
	ecos.fws.gov /species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=C03T (355 words)

	In Praise of the Blue-Tailed Mole Skink
		Ray's passion for preserving and restoring this unsung landscape is heartfelt and refreshing.
		While politicians champion wild rivers and majestic condors, she pleads for scarab beetles, Chapman's butterwort and the blue-tailed mole skink (these are among the many extinct or endangered species Ray catalogs in an appendix, like so many vanished shtetls at the Holocaust Museum).
		But rapturous prose about humble woods and meek creatures is hard to sustain at book length, unless the author can lift the language of nature writing to that of an Annie Dillard or a Charles Frazier.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/00/01/09/reviews/000109.09horwitt.html (1365 words)

	Florida Herp Bibliography, Topic search results
		Clark, A. The skinks of Florida's xeric habitats: phylogeography of Neoseps reynoldsi and Eumeces egregius.
		Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the green turtle and blue-tailed mole skink: statistical evidence for archosaurian affinity of turtles.
		Evidence for vaginal sperm storage in the mole skink, Eumeces egregius.
	myfwc.com /herpbibl/resultstopic.asp?Species=EEGR (1186 words)

	FieldHerpForum.com :: View topic - Florida Boys Hit the Woods Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Broadhead Skinks were one of the most common finds under cover.
		A smaller skink was a more interesting find and a lifer for me. Here is a northern mole skink.
		For all I know, it might be a mole king spot too.
	www.fieldherpforum.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=3724 (1004 words)

	Reptiles
		The Pigmy Rattle Snake may be tiny, but it still quite dangerous.
		The Five lined Skink can evade prey by detaching its tail.
		The Green Anole is highly camoflauged among green vegatation.
	www.uvm.edu /~cwestlun/nr260/rept.html (197 words)

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