Mesoscincus
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Mesoscincus[1] is a genus of lizards, comprising three species of skinks native to Mexico and Central America. The species were formerly included in the genus Eumeces.
Species
- Mesoscincus altamirani (Dugès, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tepalcatepec skink – Mexico
- Mesoscincus managuae (Dunn, 1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Managua skink – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala[2] and El Salvador
- Mesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mayan black-headed skink, Schwartze's skink – Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoscincus.
References
- ↑ Genus Mesoscincus at The Reptile Database.
- ↑ Ariano-Sánchez, Daniel; Urbina, Antonio; Salazar, Gilberto (2010). "Geographic distribution: Mesoscincus managuae (Managua skink)". Herpetological Review 41 (1): 107.
Further reading
- Griffith, Hugh; Ngo, André; Murphy, Robert W. (2000). "A Cladistic Evaluation of the Cosmopolitan Genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 7 (1): 1–16. (Mesoscincus, new genus).