The broadhead skink, Eumeces (Plestiodon) laticeps, is the largest of our three species of five-lined skink native to North Carolina. A big foot-long male in his spring breeding finery, with a solid bronze body and bright orange head, is one of the most impressive-looking reptiles you're likely to encounter in the woods. The females look very similar to typical five-lined skinks, only larger. Any five-lined skink that is much over 8 inches long is going to be this species. Like other five-lined