Mesoscincus

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.

Mesoscincus
Mesoscincus schwartzei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Mesoscincus
Griffith, Ngo & Murphy, 2000

Species

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesoscincus.

References

  1. Genus Mesoscincus at The Reptile Database.
  2. 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).


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