Western Red-tailed Skink
Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Nathan Hutcherson
- P. g. rubicaudatus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Will Wells
- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Plestiodon g. rubricaudatus occurs in California in the foothills and middle elevations of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains and South Coast ranges, south along the Transverse and Peninsular ranges to the Mexican border. It is also found in isolated populations in western Arizona and southwestern Nevada.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings