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Field Notes

Description:

Long and slender, about 6" snout to tip of tail. Forked red tongue.

Notes:

Found indoors. Thinking it's a Gilbert's skink.

Species ID Suggestions

Gilbert's Skink

Plestiodon gilberti rubricaudatus

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Western Skink

Eumeces skiltonianus
reaum001
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Comments (2)
reaum001
pinkish. not publish phone autocorrected
reaum001
a gilberts at that size would have a publish hue to the tail. that looks like a very old western. They loose pattern as they mature.

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PublishedMarch 14, 2011

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