Species:
Plestiodon obsoletus
Great Plains Skink
April 22, 2010
Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas

This large skink was basking on a stone retaining wall along a trail in the higher-elevation Chisos Mountains portion of Big Bend National Park. It was kind enough to let me take a couple of photos before it turned around and slowly vanished into the dark.


