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The Many-lined Skink (Eumeces multivirgatus) is a medium-sized member of the Eumeces skinks, a kind of lizard, living in North America.
1 Taxonomy
The taxonomy of this species is somewhat unclear, even amongst researchers. Most commonly, two subspecies are recognized:
- E.m. multivirgatus ( Hallowell 1857), the Northern Many-lined Skink, and
- E.m. epipleurotus ( Cope 1880), the Variable Skink.
The latter is sometimes treated as a separate species Eumeces epipleurotus or Eumeces gaigeae ( TaylorEdward Harrison Taylor ( April 23, 1889 1972) was a U. herpetologist from Kansas. He was born in Maysville, Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, graduating with a B. Subsequently, he went to the Philippines, where at first 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo), or given as the subspecies E.m. gaigeae. These names are in honor of a Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige ( 1890Events January 2 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U. White House. January 25 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 Leon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest– 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s), a herpetologist from the University of MichiganThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the oldest and main campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes branches University of Michigan-Dearborn and University of Michi.
E.m. epipleurotus is also called the Two-lined Skink.
2 Description
The Many-lined Skink is a medium-sized skink reaching a maximum length from snout to vent of about 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 (3 inches) and a total length of roughly 19 cm (about 7.5 in). Its body is olive to brown in color. E.m. multivirgatus has black stripes along the body and tail, while E.m. epipleurotus has two white stripes with black borders.
3 Range and Habitat
The range of E.m. multivirgatus is limited in the north by southern South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming and extends in the south until the Arkansas River in Colorado. E.m. multivirgatus prefers sandy soil and occurs in habitat below 1675 m (5500 ft).
E.m. epipleurotus occurs from south-eatsern Utah and southern Colorado through Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas to Chihuahua in Mexico. It lives in rocky habitat up to elevations of 2600 m (8500 ft).
