Variegated Skink
Plestiodon gilberti cancellosus
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- P. g. cancellosus – Stanislaus Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon g. cancellosus occurs only in California in the coast ranges east and south of the San Francisco Bay area.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon gilberti cancellosus (Rogers & Fitch – 1947)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: gilberti, honors Charles H. Gilbert
Subspecies: cancellosus: Latin –cancelli = grating or lattice + osus = bearing or having
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962