Four-lined Skink - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

There are several subspecies:

• Long-lined Skink (E.t. tetragrammus Baird (1859)
• Short-lined Skink (E.t. brevilineatus Cope (1880)

Some herpetologists also consider the Mountain Skink (Eumeces callicephalus) a subspecies of the Eumeces tetragrammus under the name E.t. callicephalus. Others, however, prefer to treat the Mountain Skink as a distinct species because its range is geographically distinct and there are morphological differences.