Plestiodon anthracinus

Plestiodon anthracinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: Plestiodon anthracinus

Name

Plestiodon anthracinus Baird, 1850: 294

• Syntypes: USNM 3138.
• Type locality: “North Mountain near Carlisle, Pennsylvania”.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1850. Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genera and species [including: Descriptions of four new species of North American salamanders, and one new species of scink]. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Second Series 1: 281–294. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Plestiodon anthracinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64220A12754566. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64220A12754566.en

Vernacular names

English: Coal Skink