Gilbert's Skink, Plestiodon gilberti syn. Eumeces gilberti, illustration Gilbert's Skink, Eumeces gilberti, illustration
Date 1980
Source Verner, Jared, and Allan S. Boss, technical coordinators. 1980. California Wildlife and their Habitats: Western Sierra Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-37, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Berkeley, Calif. USDA link HathiTrust
Author Ellen Blonder
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGilbert%2527s_Skink_%28Eumeces_gilberti%29_illustration.jpg
Plestiodon gilberti, commonly known as Gilbert's skink, is a species of heavy-bodied medium-sized lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States.
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species: Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896)
Synonyms
- Eumeces gilberti Van Denburgh, 1896
- Plestiodon gilberti — Schmitz et al., 2004
