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Gilbert's skink ''(Plestiodon gilberti)'' is a species of heavy-bodied medium-sized lizard of the family of skinks. It is endemic to the southwestern United States, and grows to about 7 to 12 cm (2.75 to 4.75 inches) in total length. ==Taxonomy== ''Plestiodon gilberti'' was first described by Van Denburgh in 1896. It was named in honor of Van Denburgh's teacher, American ichthyologist Dr. Charles H. Gilbert (1859 - 1928), who at the time was a professor of zoology at Stanford University.〔Beolens, B., M. Watkins, and M. Grayson. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Eumeces gilberti'', p. 100.)〕 There are five subspecies of ''Plestiodon gilberti'': *Arizona skink, ''P. g. arizonensis'' (Lowe and Shannon, 1954) *Greater brown skink, ''P. g. gilberti'' (Van Denburgh, 1896) *Northern brown skink, ''P. g. placerensis'' (Rodgers, 1944) *Variegated skink, ''P. g. cancellosus'' (Rodgers and Fitch, 1947) *Western red-tailed skink, ''P. g. rubricaudatus'' (Taylor, 1935) (''P. g. placerensis'' got its name from Placer County, California, where it occurs.) Together with the western skink (''P. skiltonianus''), the San Lucan skink (''P. lagunensis''), and the four-lined Asiatic skink (''P. quadrilineatus''), Gilbert's skink belongs to the so-called "''skiltonianus'' group". The exact taxonomy within this group is being questioned and may need revision following DNA analysis research. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilbert's Skink」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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