Coronado Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis
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- P. s. interparietalis – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- P. s. interparietalis – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
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- P. s. interparietalis (juvenile) – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland (naherp.com)
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- P. s. interparietalis – San Diego Co, CA – photo by John Burris (naherp.com)
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- P. s. interparietalis – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland (naherp.com)
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- P. s. interparietalis – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Jeff Nordland (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon s. interparietalis occurs in California west of the Colorado Desert in San Diego County.
LEGAL STATUS: Plestiodon s. interparietalis is protected in California.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon skiltonianus interparietalis (Tanner – 1957)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: skiltonianus, honors Avery J. Skilton
Subspecies: interparietalis: Latin – inter = between + parietalis = walls – pos. ref. bringing attention to the interparietal scale that is not totally encased or surrounded by the parietal scales, as is the case with P. s. skiltonianus
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962