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title: "Four-lined Skink"
description: "Plestiodon tetragrammus — Reptilien. The four-lined skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus) is a species of lizard, which is endemic to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/four-lined-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Four-lined Skink

> Plestiodon tetragrammus — Reptilien. The four-lined skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus) is a species of lizard, which is endemic to North America.

- Scientific name: *Plestiodon tetragrammus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 1480
- Wikidata: [Q2780936](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2780936)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73803](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73803)

## Names

- en: Four-lined Skink
- es: Eslizón cuatro líneas del noreste

## Countries with the most observations

US (1179), MX (153)

## Summary

The four-lined skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus) is a species of lizard, which is endemic to North America. It is a medium-sized member of the Plestiodon skinks.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plestiodon_tetragrammus

## Photo

![Four-lined Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-lined-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nick Loveland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45881223

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/four-lined-skink?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).