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Many-lined Skink
Plestiodon multivirgatus Hallowell, 1857

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Hayden's Skink (Eumeces leptogrammus: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Hallowell's Skink (Eumeces multivirgatus: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Warren's Skink (Warren's Skink: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Two-lined Skink (Eumeces gaigei: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Many-lined Skink (Eumeces multivirgatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Pecos Skink (Eumeces taylori: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
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iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1857 Hallowell, Edward. Description of several new North American reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9():215-216
1957 Mecham, John S. The taxonomic status of some southwestern skinks of the multivirgatus group. Copeia 1957(2):111-123
1980 Mecham, John S. Eumeces multivirgatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (241):1-2

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