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The mole skink ''(Plestiodon egregius)'' is a species of small lizard endemic to the Southeastern United States. ==Taxonomy== The species is subdivided into five subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies: *Florida Keys mole skink, ''P. e. egregius'' Baird, 1859: occurs only on some of the Florida Keys. *Cedar Key mole skink, ''P. e. insularis'' (Mount, 1965): occurs only on three islands at Cedar Key. *Bluetail mole skink, ''P. e. lividus'' (Mount, 1965): occurs only in interior central Florida; shares its Florida Scrub habitat with the Sand Skink. *Peninsula mole skink, ''P. e. onocrepis'' Cope, 1871. *Northern mole skink, ''P. e. similis'' (McConkey, 1957). The species was first described by Baird in 1859 as ''Plestiodon egregius''. In 1871, ''P. onocrepis'' was described by Cope. In 1875, the two species were reassigned to the genus ''Eumeces''. In 1935, two subspecies were defined, ''E. e. egregius'' and ''E. e. onocrepis'', and in 1957, ''E. e. similis'' was separated from ''E. e. egregius''. In 2005 North American members of genus ''Eumeces'' were reassigned to ''Plestiodon''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mole Skink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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