Species

Plestiodon tunganus

Plestiodon tunganus · described by (STEJNEGER 1924)

Plestiodon anthracinus, a close relative of Plestiodon tunganus — Pictured: Plestiodon anthracinus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name: Plestiodon tunganus
First described: (STEJNEGER 1924)
Class: Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group: Lizards (Sauria)
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

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