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Mountain Skink

Plestiodon callicephalus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 3, February 5, March 12, April 5, May 4, June 4, July 10, August 23, September 16, October 10, November 3, December 2.
Mexico97
United States93
Arizona78
Sonora37
Sinaloa21
Jalisco20
New Mexico15
Nayarit14
Chihuahua5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilySkinks · Scincidae
GenusToothy Skinks · Plestiodon

Sources

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