Sand skink
Plestiodon reynoldsi (Stejneger, 1911)
Status not recordedlizards
The sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.33 g and reach 5.59 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the sand skink
- Weight
- 2.33 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 5.55 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 10 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 months – 23 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 0.5 – 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 sand skink?
Where does the sand skink live?
Not recorded
Is the sand 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 sand skink classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyScincidae
- genusPlestiodon
- SpeciesPlestiodon reynoldsi (Stejneger, 1911)
Synonyms Eumeces reynoldsi, Neoseps reynoldsi
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Florida sand skinkEnglish
Relatives of the sand skink
Other species in the same genus Plestiodon.
Five-lined skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
Great plains skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Mole skink
Plestiodon egregius
Okada's skink
Plestiodon latiscutatus
Bermuda skink
Plestiodon longirostris
Western skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus
CompareSand skink vs Five-lined skinkSand skink vs Great plains skinkSand skink vs Mole skinkSand skink vs Okada's skink
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sand skink?
An adult sand skink weighs 2.33 g and measures 5.55 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the sand skink?
The sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) 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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