Overview Overview. Northern Prairie Skinks are brown with 4 pale longitudinal stripes. Description: Northern Prairie Skinks are black with two distinct think light strips on each side, and three wide stripes on the back for a total of seven stripes. Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis), a Special Concern species in Wisconsin, prefers sandy soils in bracken grasslands or pine barrens.They are also found on open sandy banks along rivers and streams. The northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) is a reptile. The northern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis septentrionalis) has more dark striping along the body and tail than the slightly smaller southern prairie skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis obtusirostris), whose stripes are fewer and fainter. The three stripes on the middle of the back are usually so wide, that the lizard appears to have a brown or tan back with two thin black stripes on it. It belongs to a group, or family, of lizards known as the Scincidae (pronounced “skink-i-day”). Another way to tell them apart is … Juveniles are distinguished from adults by a bright blue tail. 2000), one of which, the Northern Prairie Skink (Eumeces s. septentrionalis, Baird 1858), occurs in Canada. The Prairie Skink (Eumeces septentrionalis, Baird 1858) consists of 3 subspecies (Crother et al. Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards, with 1200 species worldwide. Common Name: Northern Prairie Skink Species Name: Eumeces septentrionalis Description: These little creatures are Manitoba’s only natural lizard species. Northern Prairie Skink’s complete association with the mixed-grass prairie sandhill ecosystems of southwestern Manitoba make it an indicator of this rare landform.

The northern prairie skink is one of 27 species of skinks in North America. The other two subspecies are the Southern Prairie Skink (E. …