Plestiodon tunganus (STEJNEGER, 1924)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Chinese: 大渡石龙子
Synonym	Eumeces tunganus STEJNEGER 1924 Eumeces tunganus — TAYLOR 1936: 234 Eumeces tunganus — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000 Plestiodon tunganus — SCHMITZ et al. 2004
Distribution	China (W Sichuan) Type locality: Luting Kiao (= Luding Qiao or Luting-Chiao [bridge]), where road to Tatsienlu (=Kangding Co.) crosses Tung River (=Dadu He), westem Szechwan (= Sichuan) Prov., China; 5,000-6,000 feet elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: USNM 66736 (fide TAYLOR 1936: 27)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Taylor 1936: 234
Comment	Plate 29G in ZHAO & ADLER 1993.
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 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 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 Stejneger, LEONHARD H. 1924. A new Chinese lizard of the genus Eumeces. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14 (16): 383-384. - 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 Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522 Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.zsu.edu.cn/museum/creature/animal/Reptilia.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Amphibolurus/norrisi Google images

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