Mesoscincus

Mesoscincus schwartzei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Mesoscincus
Species (3): M. altamirani – M. managuae – M. schwartzei

Name

Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy 2000: 10

• Type species: Eumeces schwartzei Fischer, 1884, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Platypholis Dugès, 1891 [preoccupied by Platypholis Boulenger, 1890]
  • Type species: Platypholis altamirani Dugès, 1891, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Griffith, H., Ngo, A. & Murphy, R.W. 2000. A Cladistic Evaluation of the Cosmopolitan Genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-1-1-16 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mesoscincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Central American Giant Skinks

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