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Plestiodon anthracinus BAIRD, 1849

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesPlestiodon anthracinus anthracinus (BAIRD 1849)
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (COPE 1880) 
Common NamesE: Coal Skink
anthracinus: Northern Coal Skink
pluvialis: Southern Coal Skink 
SynonymPlestiodon anthracinus BAIRD 1849
Eumeces anthracinus COPE 1880: 19
Eumeces anthracinus — TAYLOR 1936: 373
Eumeces anthracinus — STOKELY 1947
Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus — SMITH & SMITH 1952
Eumeces anthracinus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 133
Eumeces anthracinus — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000
Plestiodon anthracinus — SCHMITZ et al. 2004
Eumeces anthracinus — JENSEN et al. 2008: 302
Plestiodon anthracinus anthracinus — GUYER et al. 2018

Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis COPE 1880
Eumeces pluvialis COPE 1880: 19
Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis — SMITH 1946
Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis — MCCOY 1975
Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis — FOUQUETTE & DELAHOUSSAYE 1966
Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis — DIXON 2000
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis — GUYER et al. 2018
Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis — STEVENSON et al. 2021 
DistributionUSA (E Oklahoma, E Kansas, S Missouri, W Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, NW Florida, Alabama, Georgia, NW South Carolina, W North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas)

Type locality: (North Mountain, near Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania

pluvialis: W North Carolina, NE Georgia, Oklahoma; west to SE Kansas and NE Texas; Type locality: "near Mobile, Alabama"  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 3138 (5 specimens)
Neotype: USNM 75291, designated by TAYLOR, holotype lost [pluvialis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1927 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek “anthrakos” = coal, carbon & Latin -inus = pertaining to, after the dark color of the species, especially the dark lateral stripe. 
References
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