Biology:Plestiodon ochoterenae

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Short description: Species of reptile

Plestiodon ochoterenae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species:
P. ochoterenae
Binomial name
Plestiodon ochoterenae
(Taylor, 1933)
Plestiodon ochoterenae distribution.png
Synonyms[2]

Eumeces ochoterenae Taylor, 1933

Plestiodon ochoterenae, the Guerreran skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero, Mexico.[1][2] It is named after Isaac Ochoterena [es].[2]

A 2021 study determined that it is most closely related to Plestiodon longiartus.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64236/12757258. Retrieved 10 September 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Plestiodon ochoterenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 September 2023.
  3. García-Vázquez, Uri O.; Pavón-Vázquez, Carlos J.; Feria-Ortiz, Manuel; de Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes (2021). "A new species of blue-tailed skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico". Herpetologica 77 (1): 85–93. doi:10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.85. 

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