Mole skink
Plestiodon egregius Baird, 1858
Status not recordedlizards
The mole skink (Plestiodon egregius) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 770 mg and reach 4.88 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the mole skink
- Weight
- 770 mgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.53 cm – 4.88 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.8 – 9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 4 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the mole skink?
Where does the mole skink live?
Not recorded
Is the mole 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 mole skink classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyScincidae
- genusPlestiodon
- SpeciesPlestiodon egregius Baird, 1858
Synonyms Eumeces egregius, Eumeces egregius insularis, Eumeces egregius lividus, Eumeces egregius similis, Plistodon onocrepis
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- scink hrabavýCzech
- Краснохвостый сцинкRussian
- Bluetail Mole Skinkroot
- 210 Cedar Key Mole Skinkroot
- Florida Keys Mole Skinkroot
- Northern Mole Skinkroot
- Peninsula Mole Skinkroot
Relatives of the mole skink
Other species in the same genus Plestiodon.
Five-lined skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Great plains skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Sand skink
Plestiodon reynoldsi
Okada's skink
Plestiodon latiscutatus
Bermuda skink
Plestiodon longirostris
Western skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus
CompareMole skink vs Five-lined skinkMole skink vs Great plains skinkMole skink vs Sand skinkMole skink vs Okada's skink
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mole skink?
An adult mole skink weighs 770 mg and measures 4.53 cm – 4.88 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the mole skink?
The mole skink (Plestiodon egregius) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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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