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Broad-headed skinks can be found in central and eastern parts of the United States, ranging from Pennsylvania to Florida and Indiana to Texas. Broad-headed skinks are arboreal, and prefer open forest habitats. However, they are also found hunting, mating, and nesting on the ground. Areas with abundant dead or decaying tree matter are selected for nesting. The bodies of juveniles range from...

Plestiodon obsoletus Great Plains Skink

The biogeographic range of Eumeces obsoletus (Great Plains skinks) begins in western Missouri and northwest Arkansas and extends to eastern Arizona. It reaches as far north as the southern portions of Nebraska and ends in northern Mexico. They are found in Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. They are only found in the Nearctic region and specifically in the...

Plestiodon fasciatus Five-lined Skink

The range of Eumeces fasciatus, the five-lined skink, extends south from the lower peninsula of Michigan, southern Ontario, and eastern New York to northern Florida, and west to Wisconsin, part of Michigan's upper penninsula, Missouri, and eastern regions of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Isolated populations also occur in northeasten Iowa, west central Minnesota, and connected portions of southern Minnesota and Wisconsin (Harding...

Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake, Harlequin Coralsnake

...Texas coral snakes also consume lizard species, including five-lined skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus), four-lined skinks (Plestiodon tetragrammus), ground skinks (Scincella lateralis), fence lizards (genus Sceloporus), and glass lizards (genus Ophisaurus). Texas coral snakes typically consume lizard prey between 4 to 6 cm in total length (TL) and snake prey between 20 to 40 cm in TL, although they have been reported to consume...

Pantherophis obsoletus Eastern Rat Snake

...Western rat snakes also consume lizards such as common five-lined skinks (Plestiodon fasciatus) and other snakes (both conspecifics or other species). They also consume various species of amphibians (class Amphibia) including frogs, toads, and salamanders. A 1963 study on the diets of western rat snakes surveyed 45 individuals and found that 66% of their diet was mammals, 23% birds, 8% amphibians, and 3...