Species: Plestiodon skiltonianus

Western Skink
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Reptilia

    Order

    Squamata

    Family

    Scincidae

    Genus

    Plestiodon

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    scinque de l'Ouest
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Reptiles - Lizards
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Reptilia - Squamata - Scincidae - Plestiodon - as a distinct species.
    Migration
    true - false - false
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Feeds on a wide variety of insects (crickets, beetles, grasshoppers, flies, etc), spiders and earthworms.
    Reproduction Comments
    In Utah, mates in May or June, lays eggs in July, eggs hatch in August. Clutch size 2-6 (Nussbaum et al. 1983). Female guards eggs and stays with hatchlings until they disperse from nest.
    Ecology Comments
    Secretive. Life history not well known.
    Length
    24
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2005-08-26
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-10-28
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.BC=S3&US.AZ=S1&US.CA=SNR&US.ID=S5&US.MT=S3&US.NV=S4&US.OR=S5&US.UT=S4&US.WA=S5" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    G - 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles) - G - The range extends from south-central British Columbia to northwestern Baja California, from the Pacific coast to western Montana, Idaho, eastern Utah, and north-central Arizona, including various islands off the west coast of California and Baja California (Grismer 2002, Stebbins 2003). Elevational range is from sea level (California) to about 2,530 meters (8,300 feet) (southern Utah, southern Nevada, northern Arizona) (Tanner 1988, Stebbins 2003).
    Global Range Code
    G
    Global Range Description
    200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
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