Bermuda skink
Plestiodon longirostris Cope, 1861
Status not recordedlizards
The bermuda skink (Plestiodon longirostris) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 6.34 g and reach 6.8 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the bermuda skink
- Weight
- 6.34 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 6.8 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 27 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the bermuda skink?
Where does the bermuda skink live?
Not recorded
Is the bermuda skink endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the bermuda skink classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyScincidae
- genusPlestiodon
- SpeciesPlestiodon longirostris Cope, 1861
Synonyms Eumeces longirostris
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Bermuda rock lizardEnglish
- Bermuda rock skinkEnglish
- Bermudian rock lizardEnglish
- Bermudian rock skinkEnglish
- Longnose skinkEnglish
- Longnose/Bermuda skinkEnglish
- Длинномордый сцинкRussian
Relatives of the bermuda skink
Other species in the same genus Plestiodon.
Five-lined skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Great plains skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Sand skink
Plestiodon reynoldsi
Mole skink
Plestiodon egregius
Okada's skink
Plestiodon latiscutatus
Western skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus
CompareBermuda skink vs Five-lined skinkBermuda skink vs Great plains skinkBermuda skink vs Sand skinkBermuda skink vs Mole skink
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the bermuda skink?
An adult bermuda skink weighs 6.34 g and measures 6.8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the bermuda skink?
The bermuda skink (Plestiodon longirostris) belongs to the family Scincidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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