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Plestiodon Egregius Insularis (Cedar Key Mole Skink). Reproduction., Jake Scott, Kevin M. Enge, Louis A. Somma, Richard D. Bartlett
Plestiodon Egregius Insularis (Cedar Key Mole Skink). Reproduction., Jake Scott, Kevin M. Enge, Louis A. Somma, Richard D. Bartlett
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PLESTIODON EGREGIUS INSULARlS (Cedar Key Mole Skink). REPRODUCTION. Plestiodon egregius insularis is the largest of five described subspecies (Mount 1965. Bull. Florida St. Mus. BioI. Sci. 9:183-213) and is known from only nine small islands off the coast of Levy County, Florida, USA. The only documented clutch size for P. e. insularis contained five eggs (Mount 1963. Am. MidI. Nat. 70:356-385). For wild P. egregius, Mount (1963, op. cit.) reported 2-9 (mean = 4.8) eggs for 13 clutches, and Hamilton and Pollack (1958. Herpetologica 14:25-28) found two nests of P. e. similis in Georgia containing five eggs each. In captivity, …