Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Scincidae Asia Central America North America Atlantic Ocean Taxonomy of the genus Plestiodon Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Plestiodon (Blue-tailed Skinks) (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Plestiodon in general Barbour, R.W.; Ernst, C.H. 1971. The distribution of Eumeces in Kentucky. Journal of Herpetology 5: 71-72. Brandley, M.C.; Ota, H.; Hikida, T.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Feria-Ortiz, M.; Guo, X.G.; Wang, Y. 2012. The phylogenetic systematics of blue-tailed skinks (Plestiodon) and the family Scincidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(1): 163-189. Brandley, M.C.; Wang, Y.; Guo, X.G.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Feria-Ortiz, M.; Hikida, T.; Ota, H. 2011. Accommodating heterogenous rates of evolution in molecular divergence dating methods: an example using intercontinental dispersal of Plestiodon (Eumeces) lizards. Systematic Biology 60(1): 3-15. Davis, D.M. 1969. A study of variation in North American lizards of the fasciatus group of the genus Eumeces (Scincidae). Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 30: 1954. Griffith, H. 1991. Heterochrony and evolution of sexual dimorphism in the fasciatus group of the scincid genus Eumeces. Journal of Herpetology 25(1): 24-30. Griffith, H.; Ngo, A.; Murphy, R.W. 2000. A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 1-16. Hillis, D.M. 1975. A hybrid Eumeces from Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 11(4): 177-178. Kurita, K.; Hikida, T.; Toda, M. 2013. Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite marker for East Asian species of the genus Plestiodon. Conservation Genetics Resources 5(2): 355-357. Mecham, J.S. 1957. The taxonomic status of some southwestern skinks of the multivirgatus group. Copeia 1957: 111-123. Myers, C.W.; Telford, S.R. 1965. Food of Neoseps, the Florida sand skink. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28: 190-194. Richmond, J.Q. 2006. Evolutionary basis of parallelism in North American scincid lizards. Evolution & Development 8(6): 477-490. Richmond, J.Q.; Jockusch, E.L. 2007. Body size evolution simultaneously creates and collapses species boundaries in a clade of scincid lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 274(1619): 1701-1708. Richmond, J.Q.; Reeder, T.W. 2002. Evidence for parallel ecological speciation in scincid lizards of the Eumeces skiltonianus species group (Squamata: Scincidae). Evolution 56(7): 1498-1513. Robinson, M.D. 1979. Systematics of skinks of the Eumeces brevirostris species group in western Mexico. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 319: 1-13. Rodgers, T.L.; Fitch, H.S. 1947. Variation in the skinks (Reptilia: Lacertilia) of the skiltonianus group. University of California Publications in Zoology 48(4): 169-220. Schmitz, A.; Mausfeld, P.; Embert, D. 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28(1-2): 73-89. Scott, T.G.; Sheldahl, R.B. 1937. Black-banded skink in Iowa. Copeia 1937: 192. Shedd, J.D.; Richmond, J.Q. 2013. Conserved ontogeny of color pattern leads to the misdiagnosis of scincid lizards of the Plestiodon skiltonianus species complex. Herpetological Review 44(3): 417-420. Smith, H.M. 2005. Plestiodon, a replacement name for most members of the genus Eumeces in North America. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 14: 15-16. Taylor, E.H. 1935. A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan scincoid lizards of the genus Eumeces. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 23: 1-643. Taylor, E.H. 1935. Proposed changes in the nomenclature of the scincoid lizard genus Eumeces. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 38: 345-347. Taylor, E.H. 1961. Some factors influencing distribution and speciation in the lizard genus Eumeces. Proceedings 9th Pacif. Sci. Congr. 1957. 19: 5-6. Plestiodon anthracinus Arielle, J.; Lapradd, K. 2004. Eumeces anthracinus (Coal Skink). Catesbeiana 24(2): 70. Bacon, E.J.; Tumlison, C.R. 1981. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis. Herpetological Review 12(3): 84. Barbour, R.W. 1956. Additional record of the coal skink in Kentucky. Herpetologica 12: 230. Black, J.H.; Butcher, M.; Palmer, E.M. 1979. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). USA: Oklahoma: Murray Co. Herpetological Review 10(3): 102. Brown, B.C. 1951. Eumeces anthracinus in Texas. Herpetologica 7(2): 76. Burkett, R.D. 1964. A new locality record in Texas for the lizard Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis Cope. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 67: 198. Burrage, B.R. 1962. A new Kansas locality record for Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis Cope. Herpetologica 18: 210-211. Butterfield, B.P. 1989. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 20(1): 12. Butterfield, B.P.; Bradford, J.W.; Beene, C.D.; Eason, W.A.; England, S.R.; Grodi, R.E.; Mickiewics, T.R.E. 2016. Geographic distribution: Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 47(2): 259. Butterfield, B.P.; Hobbs, J.; Britt, B. 1999. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 30(2): 110. Caldwell, K.R.; Patton, T.M. 2017. Geographic distribution: Plestiodon anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 48(4): 812. Clausen, R.T. 1938. Notes of Eumeces anthracinus in Central New York. Copeia 1938: 3-7. Collins, J.T. 1975. Observations on reproduction in the Southern Coal Skink (Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Cope). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 77(2): 126-127. Cooper, W.E. 1986. Coal Skink. pp. 66-67, illustr. In: Mount, R.H. (ed.). Vertebrate animals of Alabama in need of special attention. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Alabama. 124 pp. Croy, S. 2006. Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus (northern Coal Skink). Catesbeiana 26(1): 22-23. Donahue, M.W. 2005. Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus (northern Coal Skink). Catesbeiana 25(2): 79-80. Donahue, M.W. 2006. Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus (northern Coal Skink). Catesbeiana 26(1): 23-24. Dowling, H.G. 1950. A new southeastern record for the coal skink. Copeia 1950: 235. Dowling, H.G. 1956. Geographic relations of Ozarkian amphibians and reptiles. Southwestern Naturalist 1(4): 174-189. Fletcher, M.D. 1988. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 19(1): 17. Hamilton, W.J. 1958. Tecnophagy in the Florida five-lined skink. Herpetologica 14: 28. Hoffman, R.L. 1944. Eumeces anthracinus (Baird) in Virginia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 57: 122-123. Hotchkin, P.E.; Camp, C.D.; Marshall, J.L. 2001. Aspects of the life history and ecology of the Coal Skink, Eumeces anthracinus, in Georgia. Journal of Herpetology 35(1): 145-148. Irwin, K.J. 1982. Life history notes: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 13(4): 125-126. Jacob, J.S.; Sanders, J.S. 1980. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus. Herpetological Review 11(2): 38-39. Lee, J.R. 2010. Geographic distribution: Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 41(4): 513. Lemay, L.; Marsiglia, A.G. 1952. The coal skink, Eumeces anthracinus (Baird), in Maryland. Copeia 1952: 193. Lethaby, M. 2011. Geographic distribution: Plestiodon anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 42(1): 112. McAllister, C.T. 1980. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis. Herpetological Review 11(4): 115. McAllister, C.T.; Robison, H.W. 2012. New geographic distribution records for amphibians and reptiles from Arkansas, USA. Herpetological Review 43(2): 316-317. McCauley, R.H. 1940. A record for Eumeces anthracinus from Georgia. Copeia 1940: 50. Mecham, J.S. 1960. Range extensions for two south-eastern skinks. Herpetologica 16: 224. Moriarty, J.; Evans, M. 1983. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 14(3): 84. Parker, W.D. 1972. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus. USA: Ohio: Vinton Co. Herpetological Review 4(3): 93. Pyron, R.A.; Camp, C.D. 2007. Courtship and mating behaviours of two syntopic species of skink (Plestiodon anthracinus and Plestiodon fasciatus). Amphibia-Reptilia 28(2): 263-268. Roble, S.M. 1994. Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus (northern Coal Skink). Catesbeiana 14(2): 40-42. Roble, S.M.; Chazal, A.C.; Stevenson, D. 1998. Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus (northern Coal Skink). Catesbeiana 18(2): 49-52. Rush, M.S.; Fleharty, E.D. 1981. New county records of amphibians and reptiles in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 84(4): 204-208. Seibert, H.C. 1964. The coal skink in Florida. Journal Ohio Herpetological Society 4: 79. Seifert, W. 1978. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis. USA: Texas: Dallas Co. Herpetological Review 9(2): 61. Smith, H.M. 1946. The systematic status of Eumeces pluvialis Cope, and noteworthy records of other amphibians and reptiles from Kansas and Oklahoma. University of Kansas Publications of the Museum of Natural History 1(2): 85-89. Smith, P.W.; Smith, H.M. 1952. Geographic variation in the lizard Eumeces anthracinus. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34(2): 679-694. Stephens, D.E.; Sievert, G.A. 1982. A range extension for the northern Coal Skink, Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 43(1-2): 80. Stevenson, H.M. 1969. Records of the coal skink in Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 31: 205-206. Sutton, W.B.; Wang, Y.; Schweitzer, C.J.; Steen, D.A. 2014. Lizard microhabitat and microclimate relationships in southeastern pine-hardwood forests managed with prescribed burning and thinning. Forest Science 60(1): 180-190. Telford, S.R. 1955. The lizard Eumeces anthracinus in Central Virginia. Copeia 1955: 143. Tinkle, D.W.; Curtis, L. 1951. The coal skink, Eumeces anthracinus Baird, in Texas. Field & Lab. 19: 85-86. Trauth, S.E. 1985. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 16(4): 115. Trauth, S.E. 1994. Reproductive cycles in two Arkansas skinks in the genus Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae). Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings 48: 210-218. Trauth, S.E.; Moulton, S.R.; Blakely, B.M. 1986. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis (Southern Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 17(3): 65. Vance, T. 1981. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis. Herpetological Review 12(1): 13. Walley, H.D. 1997. On the occurrence of bifurcation in the scincid lizard Eumeces anthracinus. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 33(4): 178-180. Walley, H.D. 1998. Eumeces anthracinus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 658: 1-6. Wilson, C.R. 2002. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 33(3): 224. Wilson, C.R. 2002. Geographic distribution: Eumeces anthracinus (Coal Skink). Herpetological Review 33(4): 321. Plestiodon barbouri Ota, H. 1986. A review of reptiles and amphibians of the Amami Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. 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