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title: "Prairie Skink"
description: "Plestiodon septentrionalis — Rettili. The prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) is a species of skink endemic to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountains in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/prairie-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Prairie Skink

> Plestiodon septentrionalis — Rettili. The prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) is a species of skink endemic to the prairies east of the Rocky Mountains in North America.

- Scientific name: *Plestiodon septentrionalis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1488
- Wikidata: [Q167047](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167047)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73801](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73801)

## Names

- en: Prairie Skink
- es: Eslizón de Pradera
- fr: Scinque des prairies
- nl: Prairie Skink

## Countries with the most observations

US (1211), CA (128)

## Summary

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 six species of lizards that occur in Canada.

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

## Photo

![Prairie Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/prairie-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Eug 302 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/287141514

## Machine access

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