Plestiodon ochoterenae

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Plestiodon ochoterenae

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Plestiodon
Species:
P. ochoterenae
Binomial name
Plestiodon ochoterenae
(Taylor, 1933)
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Plestiodon ochoterenae, the Guerreran skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Mexico.[2]

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

References[]

  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. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Plestiodon ochoterenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  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). doi:10.1655/0018-0831-77.1.85. ISSN 0018-0831.
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