Plestiodon dicei (RUTHVEN & GAIGE, 1933)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Dice's Short-nosed Skink S: Alicante de Cola Azul
Synonym	Eumeces dicei RUTHVEN & GAIGE 1933 Eumeces dicei — TAYLOR 1936: 482 Eumeces dicei — TAYLOR 1943: 280 Eumeces dicei — MARTIN 1958 Eumeces brevirostris dicei — DIXON 1969: 16 Eumeces brevirostris dicei — KLUGE 1984 Plestiodon brevirostris dicei — LINER 2007 Plestiodon dicei — FERIA-ORTIZ et al. 2011 Plestiodon dicei — FERIA-ORTIZ & GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ 2012 Plestiodon dicei — BRANDLEY et al. 2012
Distribution	Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí) Type locality: Marmolejo, Tamaulipas.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 69253
Diagnosis
Comment	Subspecies: FERIA-ORTIZ et al. 2011 provide evidence that P. b. brevirostris, P. b. bilineatus, P. b. dicei, and the eastern populations of P. b indubitus (from Morelos, Guerrero, and México) represent distinct species, whereas the western populations of P. b. indubitus (from Colima and Jalisco) represent an undescribed species. The data cannot resolve whether P. b. pineus is conspecific with P. b. dicei or P. b. dicei is a paraphyletic ( = nonexclusive) species relative to an exclusive P. b. pineus. Thus, the status of P. b. pineus remains uncertain. The haplotype phylogeny also suggests that P. b. brevirostris may represent more than one species. BRANDLEY et al. (2012) showed that bilineatus, dicei, and indubitus are paraphyletic with respect to other species and thus need to be split up.
Etymology	Named in honor of Dr. Lee R. Dice(July 15, 1887 – January 31, 1977) who collected the holotype. Dice was an American geneticist, ecologist and mammalogist.
References	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 Bryson, R. W., Linkem, C. W., Pavón-Vázquez, C. J., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Klicka, J. and McCormack, J. E. 2017. A phylogenomic perspective on the biogeography of skinks in the Plestiodon brevirostris group inferred from target enrichment of ultraconserved elements. J. Biogeogr.. doi:10.1111/jbi.12989 - get paper here Dixon, J.R. 1969. Taxonomic review of the Mexican skinks of the Eumeces brevirostris group. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (168): 30 pp. - get paper here Dunn, Emmett Reid 1936. The amphibians and reptiles of the Mexican Expedition of 1934. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 88: 471-477 - get paper here Feria-Ortiz, Manuel & Garcia-Vázquez, Uri Omar 2012. A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, México. Zootaxa 3339: 57–68 - get paper here Feria-Ortiz, Manuel; Norma L. Manríquez-Morán, and Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca 2011. Species Limits Based on mtDNA and Morphological Data in the Polytypic Species Plestiodon brevirostris (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetological Monographs 25 (1): 25-51 - get paper here Fugler, Charles M.;Webb, Robert G. 1956. Distributional notes on some reptiles and amphibians from southern and central Coahuila. Herpetologica 12: 167-171 - get paper here GARCÍA-PADILLA, ELÍ; IVÁN VILLALOBOS- JUÁREZ & DAVID LAZCANO 2024. APUNTES SOBRE LA PRESENCIA DE LA VÍBORA DE CASCABEL DE LAS ROCAS TAMAULIPECA (CROTALUS MORULUS) EN TAMAULIPAS Biología y Sociedad 7 (13): 22-37 Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, Wilson LD. 2019. The herpetofauna of Coahuila, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 31–94 (e189) - get paper here Lazcano, D., R. Quirino-Olvera, M. Nevárez de los Reyes and J. Banda-Leal 2017. Notes on Mexican Herpetofauna 29: Association of Herpetofauna with Sotols and Beargrasses in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 52: 17 - get paper here Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 753: 83-106 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Martin, Plul S. 1958. A biogeography of reptiles and amphibians in the Gomez Farias Region, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (101): 1-102 + 7 plates - get paper here Nevárez-de-los-Reyes, Manuel, David Lazcano, Elí García-Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The Herpetofauna of Nuevo León, Mexico: Composition, Distribution, and Conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 558–638 - get paper here Ruthven, Alexander G.;Gaige, Helen T. 1933. A new skink from Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (260): 1-3 - get paper here Taylor, E. H. 1936. A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 23 (14): 1-643 [1935] - get paper here Taylor, E. H. 1943. Mexican lizards of the genus Eumeces, with comments on the recent literature on the genus. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 29 (5): 269-300 - get paper here Terán-Juárez, Sergio A., Elí García Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Tamaulipas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 43–113 - get paper here
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