Mountain Skink
Plestiodon callicephalus
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- P. callicephalus – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- P. callicephalus – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Rye Jones (naherp.com)
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- P. callicephalus – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Paul Huang (naherp.com)
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- P. callicephalus – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Chad Lane (naherp.com)
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- P. callicephalus – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon callicephalus occurs in extreme southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon callicephalus (Bocourt – 1879)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: callicephalus , Greek – kalos = beautiful + kephale = head
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962