CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 69 



Plestiodon (GENUS) 



DUMERIL and BIBRON, Erp. Gen., Vol. 5, 1839, p. 697 

 TYPE: quinquelineatus 



Plestiodon anthracinus BAIRD 

 Plestiodon anthracinus BAIRD 



Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Ser. 2, Vol. 1, 1849, p. 294. 

 Eumeces anthracinus COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 661, fig. 135. 

 TYPE LOCALITY: North Mountain near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 

 RANGE : Western Pennsylvania to Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. 



Plestiodon brevilineatus (COPE) 

 Eumeces brevilineatus COPE 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 17, 1880, p. 18. 

 Eumeces brevilineatus COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 664, fig. 137. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Helotes, Bexar Co., Texas. 

 RANGE : Texas. 



Plestiodon egregius BAIRD 



Plestiodon egregius BAIRD 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1858, p. 256. 



Eumeces egregius COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 655, fig. 132. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Indian Key, Florida. 

 RANGE : Western Florida and the Florida Keys. 



Plestiodon fasciatus (LINNE) 

 BLUE-TAILED SKINK, SCORPION 

 Lacerta fasciata LINNE 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 209. 

 Plestiodon fasciatus BAIRD 



Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Ser. 2,, Vol. 1, 1849, p. 294. 

 Eumeces quinquelineatus COPE 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1898 (1900), p. 632, fig. 125. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Carolina. 



RANGE: Southern New England to Florida, up the Mississippi 

 Valley to Canada and westward to Arizona. 



Plestiodon guttulatus * (HALLOWELL) 

 Lamprosaurus guttulatus HALLOWELL 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., Vol. 6, 1852, p. 206. 



i Possibly the young of P. obsoletus. 



