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Western Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus Baird and Girard, 1852

Current SSAR Comments:
Because the relationships within E. skiltonianus and between E. skiltonianus and the lineages within E. gilberti are complicated (Richmond and Reeder, 2002, Evolution 56: 1498–1513) and need to be analyzed using nuclear markers, we have retained the previously recognized subspecies as legacy taxa.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Skilton's Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus: Van Denburgh, John. 1897. The reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An account of the species known to inhabit California, and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 5():9-236); Western Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Western Skink (Eumeces skiltonianus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1852 Baird, Spencer F. and Charles Girard. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6():68-70

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