Northern Brown Skink
Plestiodon gilberti placerensis
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- P. g. placerensis – Sacramento Co, CA – photo by Cody Dow
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- P. g. placerensis – Sacramento Co, CA – photo by Cody Dow
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- P. g. placerensis – Sacramento Co, CA – photo by Cody Dow
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- P. g. placerensis – Sacramento Co, CA – photo by Cody Dow
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- P. g. placerensis – Sacramento Co, CA – photo by Cody Dow
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon g. placerensis occurs in California in the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, south of the Yuba River.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plestiodon gilberti placerensis (Rogers – 1944)
Genus: Plestiodon, Greek – plestios = many + odon = tooth or teeth
Species: gilberti, honors Charles H. Gilbert
Subspecies: placerensis: belonging to Placer Valley, CA – area of distribution
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962