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The prairie skink ''(Plestiodon septentrionalis)'' is a species of skink endemic to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountains in North America. It is one of only five species of lizards that occur in Canada. ==Taxonomy== The prairie skink was first described by Baird in 1859. Two subspecies are generally recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies: * Northern prairie skink, ''P. s. septentrionalis'' Baird, 1859, originally described as ''Plestiodon septentrionalis''. * Southern prairie skink, ''P. s. obtusirostris'' (Bocourt, 1879), originally described as ''Eumeces obtusirostris''. A third subspecies was described as ''Eumeces s. pallidus'', the "pallid skink", by H.M. Smith and Slater in 1949, but this subspecies is absent from the literature for the past more than 40 years, and it is unclear whether it exists or coincides with one of the other two subspecies. The scientific name of the species derives from Latin: ''septentrionalis'' means "northern". Latin ''obtusirostris'' means "blunt-nosed". Despite the scientific name ''P. septentrionalis obtusirostris'' translating to "blunt-nosed northern great skink", it ''is'' a southern subspecies. 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「Prairie Skink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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