| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Chihuahuan Skink
S: Eslaboncillo |
| Synonym | Eumeces multilineatus TANNER 1957
Eumeces multivirgatus mexicanus ANDERSON & WILHOFT 1959
Eumeces multilineatus — LINER 1994
Eumeces multilineatus — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000
Plestiodon multilineatus — SCHMITZ et al. 2004 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Chihuahua)
Type locality: 3 miles north of Colonia Chuhuichupa, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BYU 13798; paratypes: BYU, USNM
Holotype: MVZ 66061, adult male [mexicanus] |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1382 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after LEGLER & WEBB 1960. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin multi = "many," and lineatus = "marked with lines", referring to the many-lined color pattern. |
| References |
- Anderson, James D.;Wilhoft, Daniel C. 1959. A new subspecies of Eumeces multivirgatus from Mexico. Copeia 1959 (1): 57-60 - get paper here
- BRANDLEY, MATTHEW C.; OTA, HIDETOSHI; HIKIDA, TSUTOMU; NIETO MONTES DE OCA, ADRIAN; FERIA-ORTIZ, MANUEL; GUO, XIANGUANG; WANG, YUEZHAO 2012. The phylogenetic systematics of blue-tailed skinks (Plestiodon) and the family Scincidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (1): 163-189 - get paper here
- Griffith, H., A. Ngo & R. W. Murphy 2000. A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1-16 - get paper here
- Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here
- Legler, John M.;Webb, Robert G. 1960. Noteworthy records of skinks (genus Eumeces) from northwestern Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 5 (1): 16-20 - get paper here
- Rodríguez-Robles, Javier A., Good, David A., Wake, David B. 2003. Brief History of Herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a List of Type Specimens of Recent Amphibians and Reptiles. UC Publications in Zoology, 119 pp. - get paper here
- Schmitz, Andreas; Patrick Mausfeld and Dirk Embert 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73 – 89 - get paper here
- Tanner, W W 1988. Eumeces multilineatus Tanner. Chihuahua skink. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 446: 1 - get paper here
- Tanner, W.W. 1987. Lizards and turtles of Western Chihuahua. Great Basin Naturalist. 47: 383-421 - get paper here
- Tanner, Wilmer W. 1957. A new skink of the multivirgatus group from Chihuahua. Great Basin Naturalist 17 (3-4): 111-117 - get paper here
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