western skink


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Noun1.western skink - found in western North American grasslands and open woodlandswestern skink - found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands
Eumeces skiltonianus
scincid, scincid lizard, skink - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide
Eumeces, genus Eumeces - New World skinks
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The capture of a western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) at El Palmarito is also about a 55-km extension of the range southward from El Remudero (El Horno) in the Sierra San Pedro Martir (Welsh, 1988).
Herpetofauna associated with palm oases across the Californian-Sonoran transition in northern Baja California, Mexico
Reproductive cycle of the western skink, Eumeces skiltonianus (Sauria: Scincidae), in southern California.
Reproductive cycle of the Kalahari tree skink, Trachylepis spilogaster (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Africa
The western skink, Eumeces skiltonianus, ranges from southern British Columbia to the tip of Baja California and occurs from sea level to 2,530 m (Stebbins 2003).
Reproductive cycle of the western skink, Eumeces skiltonianus (Sauria: Scincidae), in southern California

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