Plestiodon ochoterenae
| Plestiodon ochoterenae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Plestiodon |
| Species: | P. ochoterenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Plestiodon ochoterenae (Taylor, 1933)
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Plestiodon ochoterenae, also known commonly as the Guerreran skink and el eslaboncillo de Guerrero in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Scincinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, Mexico.[1][2]
Etymology
Plestiodon ochoterenae is named after Mexican biologist Isaac Ochoterena Mendieta (1885–1950).[2][3]
Taxonomy
A 2021 study determined that Plestiodon ochoterenae is most closely related to Plestiodon longiartus.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Plestiodon ochoterenae is forest.[1]
Reproduction
Plestiodon ochoterenae is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Plestiodon ochoterenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007 e.T64236A12757258. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64236A12757258.en. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d Plestiodon ochoterenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2023.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eumeces ochoterenae, p. 193).
- ^ García-Vázquez, Uri O.; Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J.; Feria-Ortiz, Manuel; Nieto-Montes de Oca, Adrián (2021). "A new species of blue-tailed skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madrex del Sur, Mexico". Herpetologica. 77 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.85. S2CID 232326866. (Plestiodon longiartus, new species).
Further reading
- Dixon, J.R. (1969). "Taxonomic review of the Mexican skinks of the Eumeces brevirostris group". Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (168): 1–30. (Eumeces ochoterenae, pp. 19–20).
- Palacios-Aguilar, R.; Flores-Villela, O. (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa. 4422 (1): 1–24.
- Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; van Breukelen, F. (1997). "Geographic Distribution. Eumeces ochoterenae (Guerreran Skink)". Herpetological Review. 28 (3): 157.
- Taylor, E.H. (1933). "Two New Mexican Skinks of the Genus Eumeces". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 46: 129–138. (Eumeces ochoterenae, new species, pp. 129–133, unnumbered drawing, two views of head).