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Plestiodon ochoterenae (TAYLOR, 1933)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Guerreran Skink
S: Eslaboncillo de Guerrero 
SynonymEumeces ochoterenae TAYLOR 1933
Eumeces ochoterenae — TAYLOR 1936: 485
Eumeces ochoterenai — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 169
Eumeces ochoterenae — DIXON 1969: 19
Eumeces ochoterenae — LINER 1994
Eumeces ochoterenae — GRIFFITH, NGO & MURPHY 2000
Plestiodon ochoterenae — SCHMITZ et al. 2004
Plestiodon ochoterenae — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca, Guerrero)

Type locality: Mazatlán, “4 miles north of Chilpancingo, Guerrero”. Actually about 15 km south of Chilpancingo (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 100119 (was EHT-HMS 29716) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Taylor 1936: 485 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Isaac Ochoterena Mendieta (1885-1950), Professor of Histology and Embryology at, and Director of, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico, Mexico City. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • 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
  • Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
  • 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
  • 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
  • García-Vázquez, Uri O.; Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez, Manuel Feria-Ortiz & Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca 2021. A New Species of Blue-Tailed Skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Herpetologica Mar 2021 Vol. 77, No. 1: 85-93 - 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
  • Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here
  • Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo 2020. UNA LISTA COMENTADA DE LAS ESPECIES DE ANFIBIOS Y REPTILES CON LOCALIDAD TIPO EN GUERRERO, MÉXICO. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (2): 43-60
  • Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
  • PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, CARLOS J., ADRIÁN NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, ANDRÉS A. MENDOZA-HERNÁNDEZ, ERIC CENTENERO-ALCALÁ, SAMUEL A. SANTA CRUZ-PADILLA, VÍCTOR H. JIMÉNEZ-ARCOS 2017. A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Balsas Basin, Mexico. Zootaxa 4365 (2): 149-172 - 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
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M.;Chiszar, David;Van Breukelen, Frank 1997. Geographic Distribution. Eumeces ochoterenae. Herpetological Review 28 (3): 157 - 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
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1933. Two new Mexican skinks of the genus Eumeces. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 46: 129-138 - get paper here
 
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