Habitat and Range
The Prairie Skink lives in sandy habitat or open grasslands with loose soil, preferably with some rocks providing shelter and places to bask in the sun, and close to a water source.
The ranges of the two subspecies are disjunct. The range of the northern subspecies extends from eastern North Dakota and Minnesota south to central Kansas. A small isolated population lives in southwestern Manitoba in Canada — it is the only lizard in Manitoba and is one of only five lizard species to occur in Canada; the Northern Prairie Skink is protected in Canada. The southern subspecies occurs in Oklahoma and Texas.
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