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Taxonomy:
No subspecies are recognized for
Pleistodon laticeps (Queiroz and Reeder 2008).
Distribution:
Broad-headed Skinks have been documented in scattered localities across Tennessee from
the Mississippi River to the Unaka Mountains, but many counties in all three
grand divisions remain lack verified records.
Specimens Examined by Counties:
Blount—CMNH
24964; GSMNP 3853.
Cannon—MTSU 29L.
Carroll—MTSU 24L.
Crockett—APSU 18048.
DeKalb—SIU R-1952- R-1958.
Dickson—APSU 3166.
Franklin—MCZ 60869, 60870.
Gibson—MTSU 23L.
Giles—AMNH R-101353.
Hardeman—UMMZ 183994.
Henry—UMMZ 53318, 53320.
Houston—APSU 17649; USNM 44770.
Knox—USNM 5050; UTKVZC 4144,
3427-3430.
Lake—KU 21777; MoSU uncataloged (1 specimen); SIUC R-1253; TTU 270;
UIMNH 17147.
Madison—APSU 19129.
McMinn—FLMNH uncataloged (1 specimen).
Monroe—FLMNH 22472-22479; FLMNH
uncataloged (3 specimens).
Montgomery—APSU 2004,
2006, 2012, 4448, 4477; USNM 48200.
Obion—APSU 2105, 3183; LSUMZ 52124; SIU R-1535, R-1550, uncataloged (1
specimen); UMMZ 126058.
Putnam—TTU 864.
Sevier—GSMNP 3846, 3848-3850, 3852.
Shelby—UMMZ 84418.
Stewart—APSU 606, 620, 985, 1675,
5690, 5779, 5780, 18108.
Wayne—USNM 103138,
103140-103142.
Williamson—APSU 14414.
Wilson—TTU 735.
Literature Sources by Counties:
Bledsoe—Gentry
(1956).
Blount—King (1939).
Davidson—Gentry (1956),
Hopkins (1990).
DeKalb—Harris (1967).
Dickson—Gentry (1956). Franklin—Miller et al. (2005).
Hardeman—Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).
Henry—Taylor (1935).
Houston—Taylor (1935).
Knox—Taylor
(1935).
Lake—Parker (1948).
Madison—Colvin (2011f).
Montgomery—Taylor (1935).
Obion—Taylor (1935), Parker
(1948), Gentry (1956), Pitts (1978).
Overton—DeLotelle (1976).
Roane—Johnson (1964).
Rutherford—Speiss (2004),
Niemiller et al. (2011).
Sevier—King (1939), Huheey and
Stupka (1967).
Shelby—Taylor (1935),
Parker (1948), Hassell (1961).
Stewart—Zirkle (1993), Davenport (2005), Davenport and Scott (2009).
Sumner—Gillespie and Threadgill
(2009).
Wilson—Jordan et al. (1968), Jordan (1986), Niemiller et al. (2011).
Questionable
and/or Erroneous Records:
The Sumner County record (Gillespie and Threadgill 2009) is questionable
because the common name is given as “Five-lined Skink” and the scientific name
as “Eumeces laticeps.”
Conservation
Status:
None.
Posted: 21 December 2009
Latest Revision: 7 February 2012
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