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Gilbert's Skink

Plestiodon gilberti

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jmisu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 259, February 224, March 234, April 290, May 281, June 207, July 177, August 181, September 229, October 234, November 301, December 232.
United States4,192
California2,849
Nevada1,222
Arizona103
Mexico6
Baja California6
District of Columbia4
Virginia4
Maryland4
Utah3

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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Practise Gilbert's Skink with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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