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__NOTOC__ The Four-lined Skink (Eumeces tetragrammus) is a medium-sized member of the Eumeces skinks, a kind of lizard.
There are several subspecies:
Some herpetologists also consider the Mountain SkinkMountain Skink : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Sauria : Scincidae Eumeces callicephalus Binomial name Eumeces callicephalus Bocourt 1879 The Mountain Skink Eumeces callicephalus is a medium-sized member of the Eumeces skinks, a kind of lizar (Eumeces callicephalus) a subspecies of the Eumeces tetragrammus under the name E.t. callicephalus. Others, however, prefer to treat the Mountain Skink as a distinct species because its range is geographically distinct and there are morphological differences.
The two suspecies can be distinguished by their color and their stripes. The Long-lined Skink is gray to light brown in color and has light stripes from the eyes extending to beyond its forelegs, whereas the Short-lined Skink is darker in color and has stripes that end before the forelegs.
Juveniles of both subspecies have — like many Eumeces — a blue tail; this color fades with age.
Adults reach a maximum SVL (Snout-Vent-Length) of some 7.5 cmcm redirects here, alternate uses: cm (disambiguation A centimetre (symbol cm American spelling: centimeter is an SI unit of length. One centimetre is: one-hundredth of one metre one-tenth of a decimetre ten millimetres. millimetre << centimetre << decime (about 3 inchAn inch is an Imperial unit of length. Sweden also briefly had a "decimal inch" based on the metric system: see below for more. According to some sources, the inch was originally defined informally as the distance between the tip of the thumb and the firses), and a TL (total length) of about 18 cm (7 in).
Eumeces tetragrammus occurs in northern MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co and along the Mexican GulfThe Gulf of Mexico is a major body of water bordered and nearly landlocked by North America. The gulf's eastern, north, and northwestern shores lie within the United States of America (specifically, the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, coast and in western and central Texas.
Both subspecies live in ligthly wooded areas, with the Short-lined Skink having a preference for rocky areas, whereas the Long-lined Skink is also found in grasslands.