The Skinks or Smooth-scaled Lizards 



The Pluvial Skink, Eumeces pluvialis, (Cope). Form rather 

 stout; scales in 26 rows round the body. Size moderate. 



Dark olive, almost blackish above; two green stripes on 

 each side, these separated by a black band. Rich green beneath. 



Distribution.— One specimen known. Taken near Mobile, 

 Alabama. 



Cope's Skink, Eumeces pachyurus, (Cope). A moderate- 

 sized and very elongate species. Scales in 26 rows round the 

 body. The tail is very long and almost as thick as the body 

 for a considerable distance. Limbs small and widely separated. 



Colouration. — Light brown above. A dark brown band 

 on each side of the body bordered with pale lines; the pair of 

 pale lines narrowly bordered above and beneath with dark brown. 

 Abdomen greenish. 



Dimensions. — Length of Head and Body 3 j\ inches. 



" Front Limb t\ " 



" Hind " f " 



Distribution. — One specimen known ; from Texas. 



The Short-lined Skink, Eumeces brcvilineatiis, (Cope). A 

 very slender, long-tailed species. Scales in 26 rows. 



Lead-coloured above, with two pale lines on each side, ex- 

 tending from the side of the head to a short distance beyond 

 the base of the fore limb. One of the lines extends along the upper 

 lip and backward; the other begins at the end of the snout and 

 runs backward over the eye. 



Dimensions. — Total length, 5 J inches; tail, 4^ inches. 



Distribution. — Texas. Has been taken near San Antonio. 



Division D. No pale stripes. 



The Blue-spotted Skink, Eumeces guttulatus, (Hallowell). 

 A small species. The length of the hind leg applied twice for- 

 ward reaches the ear. There are thirty scale rows round the 

 body. 



Colouration. — Young specimens entirely black on the body, 

 the end of the tail becoming bluish. A row of bluish-white 

 spots over the eye and a similar row along the upper lip; also 

 a row on each side of the chin. With maturity the black gives 

 way to olive and the spots become fainter. 



Attains a length of about six inches. 



Distribution. — Western Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. 



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