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Plestiodon skiltonianus
Found this reptile invading my home. The size 2in in diameter with a blue tail and 2 yellow stripes down it's back.
The Western Skink seems to prefer a somewhat moist environment, although it can also be found on dry hillsides. Frequents grassland, broken chaparral, pinon-juniper and juniper-sage woodland, and open pine-oak and pine forests.The soil of its nest chambers is invariably moist. Standing water is apparently not required.
Various photos were taken of this species. Contact me at NewWaveElectronics08@gmail.com for more pics. Questions or comments.
I edited it to add a link to a wiki article on the species to the spotting. I also rearranged the pics with the best ones first, hope thats Ok.
Realese next too your house just outside where you found it. It will eat bugs for so it would be best too put it in a garden area if you have one.
Enjoy Everyone. Should I release this back to the wild? I was thinking of leaving it on a nearby tree .
Newwave, you should definitely upload them here, in this same spotting. We would like to see them too!
@yasser what is your email so I could sent u them. I took about 6 more in excellent lighting. I also took the shots really up close.
Newwave, Zenyn is right. I don't think he's disputing your spotting, just my suggestion of it being a 5-lined skink.
@zenyn well it was IN MY HOUSE in California San Diego. I have more pics to prove it
Skilton's skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus) is a subspecies of the Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus). Here is a link to a Wiki article on the species: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ski...
The five-lined skink can not be found in california or anywhere on the west coast.
Spotted on Apr 25, 2011
Submitted on Apr 25, 2011
