Eumeces gilberti rubricaudatus - Western Red-Tailed Skink

     1.  Young have a pink tail, with the exception of pink tails present in desert populations
     2.  Striping and barring lost earlier than other subspecies of E.gilberti
     3.  Most expansive of the four subspecies; many isolated populations

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