Greater Brown Skink
Plestiodon gilberti gilberti
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- P. g. gilberti – Madera Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis (californiaherps.com)
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- P. g. gilberti (juvenile) – Tuolumne Co, CA – photo by Lawrence Erickson (naherp.com)
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- P. g. gilberti (juvenile) – Tuolumne Co, CA – photo by Bart Wilkus (naherp.com)
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- P. g. gilberti – Tuolumne Co, CA – photo by Lawrence Erickson (naherp.com)
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- P. g. gilberti – Tuolumne Co, CA – photo by Lawrence Erickson (naherp.com)
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- P. g. gilberti – Fresno Co, CA – photo by Brian Hinds (naherp.com)
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- P. g. gilberti – Fresno Co, CA – photo by Brian Hinds (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon g. gilberti occurs only in California in the foothills and middle elevations in the Yosemite area of the central Sierra Nevada Mountains.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon gilberti arizonensis (Lowe & Shannon – 1954)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species/Subspecies: gilberti, honors Charles H. Gilbert
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962