| Mesoscincus | |
|---|---|
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| Mesoscincus schwartzei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy, 2000 |
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) – Tepalcatepec skink – Mexico
- Mesoscincus managuae (Dunn, 1933) – Managua skink – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala [2] and El Salvador
- Mesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884) – 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.
Etymology
The specific name, altamirani, is in honor of Federico Altamirano who collected the holotype.[3]
The specific name, schwartzei, is in honor of "Dr. E. W. E. Schwartze" who was associated with the zoo in Hamburg, Germany.[3] This probably refers to Erich Wilhelm Edmund Schwartze (1810–1885).
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.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesoscincus altamirani, p. 6; Mesoscincus schwartzei, p. 239).
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).