Western Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus)
Created: March 10th, 2007 - 10:06 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 2166
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 2166
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Shasta County |
Time: 2007-03-10 16:18:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Adult |
Sex: -- |
Method: Artificial cover flipping |
Habitat: ----- |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: ----- |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Few clouds |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: 661.70ft |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
This skink was dead and covered with ants, but it doesn't look like it had been dead long. It was between two pieces of plywood. Someone else had been to the locale early and did quite a bit of flipping without replacing the cover to original position. Could not have been more than a day or so ago, about the same time that the skink probably died.
My guess is either the previous flipper either dropped the board on the skink, or stepped on the board killing it. Hopefully it was accidental.
Update Nov 9 2009: Updated elevation via GPSVisualizer
More precise locality string
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