Western Skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus skiltonianus)

Created: August 13th, 2018 - 08:53 AM
Last Modified: August 13th, 2018 - 08:53 AM Entered by: Kathy Ward
Record 308116

Country: United States		State: California	County: Shasta County	Time: 2018-08-11 09:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: --	Sex: --	Method: Log flipping	Habitat: Forest four years after fire, small shrubs and trees
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 70.00F	Ground Temperature: 70.00F	Humidity: 20%
Sky Conditions: Overcast		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 3601.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

We were driving our Honda UTV up the steep mountain side on the 10 acre parcel of private land. I got out to move a log out of the pathway, and noticed a bright, electric blue animal wriggling away from under the log to under a bush. Harold got out and moved the bush branches to see it, and it wriggling under a rock. We thought it was a snake. We searched for it on the internet and found pictures that confirmed what we saw was a skink lizard. Due tp the extremely steep terrain and the quickness of the lizard, we thought there was no way we could a picture.