Broadhead Skink
(Eumeces laticeps)
DESCRIPTION: Broadhead Skinks, or "red-headed scorpions" as they are sometimes called, are the second largest skink in the eastern US.
Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)
No photo of the Broadhead Skink available.
Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Broadhead Skink (Plestiodon laticeps)
Description
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Broadhead Skink
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Stephen C. Foster State Park, Charlton County, Georgia ...
Broadhead skink (Eumeces laticeps)
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Broadhead Skink
Eumeces laticeps
Family Phrynosomatidae
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Eumeces inexpectatus ...
A female broadhead skink with eggs.
Photo by JD Willson
Adult male broadhead skinks may reach more than a foot in length and develop orange-red heads during certain times of the year.
Photo by JD Willson ...
broadhead skink (Eumeces laticeps)
brown water snake (Nerodia taxispilota)
canebrake rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
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 See also: Skink, Lizard, Five-lined Skink, Racer, Southeastern Five-lined Skink
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